Soooooo…

a gay character? Sounds OK if they will make it interesting.
a female lead? Sounds OK if they make her interesting.
thinking about how “diverse” she should be? If I was “non-white” I would probably find it offensive. NO STAR TREK FAN CARES about the skin colour of the main protagonist. We want a good actress playing a well written character! Thinks like gender / race / sexual orientation should NOT be the “defining attributes” of a character
10 years before TOS? I think that’s a horrible idea. That will bring it between The Cage and TOS and way too far from Enterprise. I was secretly hoping for either a post-Enterprise era, maybe even the Romulan War, where Archer would be basically the new show’s Admiral Forrest. Or something post-Nemesis, maybe a USS Titan show under the command of Captain Riker. Or something between TOS and TNG would be great. But they’ve chosen the most boring possibility.
making the main lead NOT a captain - I think it’s a very interesting idea and if it’s done correctly it has the potential to be really great.
making it serialized instead of episodic - I don’t know what to think yet. The Star Trek format has been always episodic, this is way too different. But I did like the 3rd season of Enterprise, so let’s hope it will be good.
forcing me to get Netflix ONLY for this - I hate you for this.