From the very beginning we started to have so many Ethereum competitors and Blockchains which claimed to the Ethereum killer, always because of the way fees had increased in the main Eth network. Though, I am more inclined to believe this is rather the result of a person trying to catch the attention through using a disproportionate fee for a small transaction, it would not be the first time I have see something like that.
So far, in spite of the high fees, Ethereum has managed to keep a high volume of transactions and those Ethereum killers have not been able to surpase the market capitalization of Ethereum.