I'm through S1 of Discovery and I'm conflicted. One hand, I ripped through the season pretty quick as I found myself wanting to watch the next ep pretty soon after finishing the last one. It's visually stunning and the acting is pretty good.

OTOH... much like you're talking about with Picard, it lacks much optimism. It doesn't "feel" like Trek. Characters other than one or two are pretty shallow and uninteresting.

So I guess I'd say it's decent for a sci-fi show, I just wouldn't really consider it much as "Star Trek", if that makes sense.