I'm not going to lie, I find this news quite disappointing. It looks for everything like caving to the demands of people who never liked the show and never will. Guaranteed, it's just going to get worse with the Youtube-clickbait crowd.
I loved the season ender, but felt there was no need to "fix" any of the minor continuity issues.
As a TOS fan, I really enjoyed the show being set in the pre-TOS era, and for me, I worry that putting it in the far future may result in something that may not be recognizable as Star Trek. Ironic, considering that this is in part being done to satisfy fans who have claimed all along that DSC isn't recognizable as Trek, oddly. Be careful what you wish for, guys. I continue to maintain that setting something after Voyager raises more potential canon issues, because of the vast body of screen canon, rather than setting it TOS-adjacent, because the internal inconsistency of TOS allows for playing looser with the rules. We'll see.
I'm a little nervous that this is going to go all Voyager. But I refuse to be that kind of asshole fan, and will stick around to see what's in store. Because, unlike my experience with Voyager, I like and am invested in these characters.