It seems to be designed more for autonomous flying than hand-controlled flying (the RC appears as an afterthought in all the promo material).
I'd say it was better to go with the heavier M2P with the spectacular camera it carries and be in full control of the filming.
And you won't get the video shot you're going for either - the OA will keep changing the direction of flight.
Reading more on the SkyDio2, you're correct in that it's design focus and niche is the autonomous selfie type of flights. Not my primary focus, although this has become a very popular type of video work for various sports as example; and able to control the placement of the Skydio2 around your circumference with their small joystick controller. All their examples are focused around autonomous selfie videos on bike, skateboard, etc. The other examples I've viewed have been various forms of pan out shots close to ground objects and again involving a form of selfie action.
The RC controller is probably the only negative, it's a massaged Anafi controller... and that wasn't one of Parrot's highlights. The tablet holder and the power switch are cumbersome. The RC isn't intended as the primary flight control mode.
I'm looking forward to seeing the OA function, it sounds like it far exceeds what we accept as OA and may place new OA expectations on competition, I view it as an Intelligent, almost AI OA. To use as an autonomous craft around a structure will easily outperform the competition's autonomous programs.
To use in place of an experienced manual mission, I don't see this as it's strong point at all.
If it can apply AI and fly the same route as a manual flight with similar results... that would be impressive!
Great to see a USA company introducing a new design, new technology and I do hope it launches more intelligent designs. About 10 years ago, the Tesla self driving concept was sci-fi and now it's performing. I'm not on board with self-driving either, and that's 2 dimensional, duplicate that level of intelligence in 3 dimensional and you've got some complexities. Evidently with all the BVLOS, that is becoming a reality too.
The SkyDio2 will be awesome technology, looking forward to flying but my M2P, I2, and other less OA capable platforms still have a good home.