Yeah, it’s all preference and tradeoffs of course.

I’m not on a rampage to get people to delete free relays fwiw - it is just the best way for me to illustrate what the filter actually does. If you run filter.nostr.wine (on a client without specific relay settings) along with the top 5 big public relays, it effectively does nothing (besides broadcast).

That’s the reason I’m saying try it, then augment your experience however you’d want.