When will gas fees go down? -The future of Eth

Layer twos are here but are hard to get on and are very segmented. I understand eth 2.0 won’t lower gas fees and might make them worse because the eth price is expected to go up.

I get that the price of fees is going to keep increasing and therefore price of eth will likely keep going up. But, in contrast to Bitcoin, I thought the goal of eth was user applications and not just number go up.

When do we expect there be an eth ecosystem that is relatively easy to use and priced for the average joe?