I don't think so.
As the development of the Cryptocurrency and more and more people start to take part in field, so the exchanges will get more competitions,and exchanges will try their best to lower the fee of the transaction to attract more people into their caves. It is normal and certain development from a new industry to more mature market. More will be cheaper. Better tech will bring better life to the people based on the help of the government. For example, BitOffer exchange is featured with 0-fee and 0-margin. Recently. They even lauched the funds with capital and interest-guaranteed.
As to mining gas, because they can be more efficient with the better high tech. You can earn more totally from more people.