There's a lot more to gain in terms of consumer (cheap) payments, anonymous payments, smart contracts and more if we are just patient and allow developers to build on top of Segwit.
My point of view, too. I guess it is the point of view of many non-politicized bitcoiners who just want an increase of utility and value, while keeping the strong points: permissionless and trustless, therefore decentralized. Non-inflationary.
It will be interesting to see what the come up with, but I will take a lot of convincing before I move any coins off into a side chain - to me that smells like an alt-coin and I'm not into alt-coins.