I often enough had to send with 0.20$, which is less than half of the minimum paypal fee and clearly it goes in this direction.
Don't blame the Bitcoin network for creating large transactions. This is why fees are measured in satoshi/byte. There is no fixed fee.
[1] I'm really not sure about the effect of segwit since the effects that are hoped on are [2]mostly calculated with a way higher amount of multisig transactions, as far as I remind correctly.
[1] If you aren't sure, then stop spreading misinformation? [2] Wrong. While I can't find the exact link from the mailing list, we are looking at ~190-200% in realistic usage.
I'm really not sure that we can build on this. Of course even when it not brings nearly to 50$, every 10% is a nice thing. Only the big question is if it really will help avoiding full blocks.
Whatever exactly 'build on this' is supposed to mean, the answer is yes to both sentences.
And segwit... as far as I learned about it... I don't see a usecase for me and I doubt many other users have. If one has as much coins to block it in some payment channel then ok, possible LN user.
You start complaining about 'not seeing use-cases for Segwit' and then continue talking about LN users? That does not make sense. A Segwit use-case is LN.
But most users have the amount for one payment, that's it. So the LN effect won't be high too. Besides that... LN is not really a loved thing.
Do you keep coins in your wallet? If you do, then your argument has no merit.