Op you already shared everything About ether and explain about it as the same way i thought about it. There's no doubt, if are is any safe cryptocurrency after bitcoin, then it is ether! The one, that have been tusted since years and will be trusted in future too. There are many top leading altcoins but people have doubt about them. People may have complain about ether fee but i haven't found anyone who have any trust issue with ether. And yeah, i also believe that we'll seen the growth of Ether soon
Ethereum is one of the best choices for now. The problem is they haven't resolved the problem of their expensive fees. This became a problem when I found some projects that only accept ethereum as payment and you have to pay a gas fee of around $10 for one transaction. BNB has been the best option but for me ethereum is the second choice after bitcoin.