OK, coming down from the peak of the hype curve after reading this:
I'm not against adding new toys like a homepod mini or two, but hate that another piece of hardware needed for basic functionality of homekit to HE from outside of LAN, I was thinking HE was going to be a homekit hub device, not need one to duplicate functionality I already have...
All I'm seeing now is more restrictions and less functionality than I currently have, I'm happy for the new biz opportunities this brings to HE, and maybe this matures into something more useful to me, but I'm not as motivated to jump in to the beta as I was yesterday.