Yes this. Been using mine for a few years now and it’s proven to be dependable. It’s comfortable to use and I love the side scrolling wheel (I work with loooong spreadsheets often).

DNS filering alone doesn’t work for YouTube in my experience.

I learned early on you can’t rely on them for factual information for reasons you stated.

I use them for creative writing tasks (drafting up emails, letters, etc), generating ideas, for creating excel formulas, basic python, vba functions, etc.