Consequences of a proof of Schanuel's conjecture?

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Schanuel's conjecture is a strengthening of the Lindemann-Weierstrass-threorem. It states

If $\lambda_1,\cdots \lambda_n$ are complex numbers linear independent over $\mathbb Q$, then $$\mathbb Q(\lambda_1,\cdots \lambda_n,e^{\lambda_1},\cdots ,e^{\lambda_n})$$ has transcendental degree at least $n$ over $\mathbb Q$

(See http://mathworld.wolfram.com/SchanuelsConjecture.html )

I recently read that in transcendental-theory "anything could be proven", if Schanuel's conjecture would be proven.

One of the consequences would be that $e$ and $\pi$ are algebraically independent. In particular, many combinations of $e$ and $\pi$ could be proven to be transcendental, for example $e+\pi$ , $e\pi$ , $e^e$ and so on. But what could be proven else ?

Can someone give a survey which type of numbers could be proven to be transcendental ? I would like to get an idea of the power of the conjecture and to understand the "anything" better.

Additional questions :

Would Schanuel's conjecture be of any use in the case of the Euler-Mascheroni-constant (I guess no) ?

How strong do mathematicians believe that Schanuel's conjecture is true ? Are there any mathematicians having doubts or do some mathematicians even believe it is false ? (My guess is that the conjecture is strongly believed to be true)