Imagine sending 5 dollar in value of your preferred token/coin and spend 50$ in  fees, ohhhh wait, it is called ethereum. ;o)
And this is just an example.

But you are right, devs fees are fees ... but those are applied to the mining mechanism.
Here we are talking about moving (sending/exchange) your coins.
If you want to send 5 coin, your balance will decrease by five, not a cent more. Is it so bad for you?