It does feel a bit like that. I suspect because it is natural for people to judge a new product/service against their own need for it. I won’t be buying a Nucleus, but I’m very pleased they exist so that people for whom that solution is the right fit can enjoy Roon.
I expect that most people on this Forum could build an inexpensive ROCK capable NUC in under 10 minutes, blindfolded under a blanket with the Barney the Dinosaur song playing looped at full volume through headphones. But others just don’t enjoy that sort of thing.