Unfortunately it is impossible to ascertain what is what from what we read online. Everyone is different and use the tools in a different way. People also use different tools and do different things with them. Also each persons judgement can be wildly different like you are saying here.

We can't trust the measurements that companies post either because truth isn't their first goal.

Just use it or don't use it depending on how it works out imo. I personally find it marginally on the positive side for coding