I have the cloud pod and did work through a couple of minor issues that seem to be common and annoying but easily overcome.
First - during set-up, we have the issue of the software update required and gives you a message it is not configured for update via ethernet. Simple fix - run a USB c cable (for me from a Mac Studio Max) to the pod and it updates. Then you go to cloud pod settings and change it to allow it to use both ethernet and USB.
Second - I have an issue since I do not have 10GBE in my studio and was running basically a 1GBE network. The connection between the Mac Studio and the Pod kept dropping - have the same issue with the Atem Mini Pro Iso - the simple fix is to go into the ethernet settings on the Mac Studio (unhook the ethernet cable when you do it or it does not let you change) and change from automatic to manual configuration and set it up as 1000mbe. That solves the disconnect problem.
Now - I did get a free Dropbox account since I did not have one - but that was a pain since I normally use Sync.com. No real need to use Dropbox and that client was sent to the trash and you can set up the folders you want to sync with your cloud storage using the sync client. Not a big issue. Blackmagic says they will be developing interfaces for Google drive and others - remember this is Beta.
My impression of the Cloud Pod - it basically becomes a poor man's NAS - pure and simple. If you have a NAS and I do, and it has USB ports on the back you can use them to hook up SSD drives and other external storage. The advantage of the cloud Pod is it is small and you can have it in your workspace and is quiet. I have two small portable drives Samsung T7 for ongoing projects and a WD 5GB for my stock images and footage library that is used on multiple projects. It is a quick set up and I can see it from any computer on my network - so - hence it is in one way a poor man's NAS in a way -
But it does give you a place to have your Davinci Resolve work for network access and sync it with both the cloud storage and the project folder on Blackmagic Cloud. So it is also an organizing tool if you choose to look at it that way. The important thing for me is the collaboration tools from Blackmagic - that is what gives it real power.