Priced in USD I'm sure it doesn't look so bleak.
Transaction fees are at twelve year lows.
Chart: All time total daily tx fees priced in real money (bitcoin). Log scale. 7 day avg.
Source: https://www.blockchain.com/explorer/charts/transaction-fees
Discussion
I think I paid an 8000 sat fee to move 3.5 million sats… that’s 0.22%, and around $4.60. Very reasonable.