In my opinion, Bitcoin has not become a new popular means of payment.
Check again bitmover's post, he didn't say Bitcoin is a new popular payment method. 
Anyway, we can't deny Bitcoin already became an alternative of payment method since there are people who already did it. Even Bitcoin still can't be a payment alternative in every country in the world, but it is the fact that people could use Bitcoin as a payment.
You are explaining if Bitcoin is still not an effective payment tool. It is true, but it doesn't mean Bitcoin can't be an alternative payment in every country in the world someday.
There are many other reasons why people rarely use Bitcoin as a means of payment (high price volatility, difficult to predict the size of miners' fees, an alternative in the form of stablecoins, etc.)
In my country, the main reason why people can't use Bitcoin as a payment tool because it is illegal here. The laws only allows our currency (Rupiah) as legal payment tool. However, it is possible that someday there is laws amendment (change in laws) related to legal currency here. If government allows other currencies, Bitcoin may be considered to be legalized.