Interesting but for (my) industrial control I'd not use wifi. There are already lots of wires so ethernet is only one more, and often it is all inside a metal box making built in wifi a problem - it's also not that reliable in congested environments made worse by only doing 2.4GHZ

One of the major ...

No ethernet, shame but I can understand why given all the other removed features for this version.

I hope there'll be a new one with ethernet plus PHY and maybe a POE PD controller (the lack of those takes away some of the advantages of a small esp32, by the time they are added you have a big board ...

Ethernet PHY added to existing MAC. Wireless is great for IoT portable toys but for IoT plant control you need power and reliability of wired connection

Could then build the ESP into the jack
https://www.digikey.com/en/product-highlight/m/molex/magnetic-jacks-poe-plus-integrated-pdjack

Bonus would ...