As graphically demonstrated, certainly anything is better than a stick. However, most of these consumer suicide drones are carrying shaped charge penetrators so they can still reach out and touch you should you be lucky enough to see it and shoot it before it strikes.
This is the new battlefield and it's going to be challenging to address drone swarms. One thing is for sure, Putin has lost a bunch of valuable men and material to cheap consumer drones. Hope our military geniuses are watching and learning...
At the bottom of the page are links to other videos. Be warned, they're most all closeups of people dying violently, accompanied by some celebratory or even comical music score. Not much sympathy in warfare.
As to a shotgun defense, how are you going to defend against something like this coming in this fast? The soldier fires at the large drone he can see above him recording the scene while the actual attack drone comes in fast and low.