On other crypto networks I've paid drastically lower fees, and my transactions have gone through relatively quicker despite this.

With Bitcoin, I've paid high fees, my transaction was about to be included into the next block but then someone bumped me down a few times.

There's been times (in the past) that I thought my transaction would be in limbo, or orphaned.

I'm sure there's settings to make sure that you get included quicker into blocks besides per Sat vb but I'm not aware of those settings, or which wallets let you be included, have low fees, and maintains privacy.