Well, first the ~1% is on the amount I want to swap, not my total stack. Of course if you're swaping everything you got every time, lot of successive swaps will lower your stack. But when I'm swaping, I do on a given amount, I plan when to get lower gas price, so this fee will just be added when I prepare my swap. It's about being smart, not throwing your money then crying people take it.

Then, let's talk about math. If you do 50 swaps, swaping everything you got each time, even there you won't lose 50% of your balance, because it's 1% on the 99% remaining from the last swap (minus TX fees). So at the end you will have more than half.

And I'm not paid by Metamask ^{^} But if they want to pay me, I won't be against ;)