I very much enjoyed it. It had a great story, fantastic characters, didn't suffer from 100 cameo's every episode, treated me like I was an adult who could understand what's going on without an explanation, and most importantly didn't feel like it was written by people who hate the average Star Wars fan. Easily the best Star Wars since Rogue One.
With that being said, I am concerned about the second season, and I think it may be wise for anyone else who enjoyed the show to also prepare for the bait-and-switch. I do not trust these Hollywood writers and directors to not take advantage of a show about a rebellion against an empire and spin it into an anti-Trump, anti-White, anti-man, anti-Christian affair. It would be so easy for them to shove it in, and it would be very disappointing to me.
If they take this political angle, I expect another round of the 2017-2018 TLJ media and fan response which will take out a third crucial chunk of the fanbase. The first chunk left after TLJ, never to return. The second chunk left after the Obi-Wan show, who were the people that were willing not give up after the Sequel Trilogy. This last chunk of people, me included, are the type that will go in and out depending on the show or movie being released. If Lucasfilm does go through with the bait-and-switch (again, it's a show about rebellion, it has to be extremely tempting for some people involved in the production) you will likely lose me and those willing to just avoid the bad products for good.
Andor was a solid show. But it's not the Chosen One to forge the new direction for Star Wars. I'm glad the "gritty cynical rebels" concept got made, just to see what it's like, but ultimately, because it just makes the rebels into the Empire with smaller guns, it's just an interesting spandrel that ends up contradicting the spirit of the story.
The show does a fantastic job of illustrating why people would hate the Empire, which is a great area of development for Star Wars, but with a little thought it's clear that the malcontents and sociopaths fighting against it would just create a House of Cards-style backstabber government if they won, because that's all they know how to do. A lot of them are the type of person that sincerely believes they're defending Ukrainian democracy by whacking journalists.
The "spirit of the story" is that the rebels are genocidal terrorists led by religious extremist cultists. They're heavily involved in the illegal arms trade, and have strong connections into the criminal underworld and, on top of all that, assassinate multiple political leaders.
Genocidal?
Even if that were true, I'd still side with genocidal over geocidal.