$0.85 is not that much, most of my recent txs were above $1, and it could go way higher if your tx is of large size.
You're not the only one having a problem with this. Some want to increase max block size to reduce confirmation/fees, some want to push most txs off-chain (Lightning Network/Sidechains).
But don't expect changes anytime soon.
Yes, $0.85 till $1 is not much on that time but now you will be more surprise about the charge fee of sending bitcoin.
However, it can not bitcoin anyway, the supporter still stay strong in the back to support bitcoin