Normally what you do is buy ethereum on Coinbase and you just pay coinbase fees, not 'eth fees." Once you send it to your own trust wallet and use a decentralized exchange such as Uniswap (in dApp on android, or safari browser on ios connecting to trust wallet) thats when your in decentralized zone and depend purely on the eth network to run your transactions if Im understanding this all correctly.
Its right there in the exchange when you want to swap eth for any other token, or any eth based token for another eth based token that the network is charging crazy fees, especially during times of high congestion (it got really bad during this recent bull run.)
This is going to be resolved with Ethereum v2 comes out (long overdue) or when eth based coins branch off into their own independent blockchain such as SHIB is launching Shibarium soon.
So yeah it sucks, I really wanted to fill the tank with some Ryoshi Vision but I just cant justify the gas, I’m not in a position to take more risks at the moment....although if you play hard and you win big these gas fees become irrelevant but thats the gamble.
So Ill just repeat again that BSC based tokens (binance smart chain) are currently much friendlier than Ethereum based.
Once Ethereum v2 comes out Id expect much more volume both buying/selling to take place on the entire network making for a potential far more volatile environment with swing traders. Thats just my own prediction as reasonable gas fees will incentivize high activity.