They do link the default configuration for "safe": https://wicg.github.io/sanitizer-api/#built-in-safe-default-...
But I agree, my default approach has usually been to only use innerText if it has untrusted content:
So if their demo is this:
container.SetHTML(`<h1>Hello, {name}</h1>`);
Mine would be: let greetingHeader = container.CreateElement("h1");
greetingHeader.innerText = `Hello, {name}`;