Miners certainly benefit from what I personally call "ordinal madness", and suffice it to say that in recent days the rewards per block amounted to over 10 BTC, and considering that the reward without fees is 6.25 BTC, it is clear how much their profit has increased. Without going into any conspiracy theories, isn't it logical to think that some of them (miners) have their fingers in all of this? Who knows, maybe we'll find out one day.
It is possible miners could allegedly have a hand in the increase in transaction fees at least, they are a beneficiary too in this fees acceleration. Anyway, with time the truth will dig out itself if it be that miners have a hand in it or not.
With the transaction increment many bitcoiners especially those with very little asset are confused about how to go about how to go about it. And it is pertinent to emphasize that making use of altcoins as solution based on their low cost fees is for me not a recommendable solution but an exposure to a bigger risk. I guess we have to be careful of cheap articles as we try to boycott the high cost of bitcoin transaction. Just my 2 cents.