Lower Decks isn't really a prequel, is it? It's post-TNG.
Discovery seasons 3-4 are set in the far future, so no longer a prequel, I guess.
Lower Decks is animated, and to my knowledge, isn't it mostly for laughs, and not really propelling the narrative forward?
Yes, it's more comedic, but it's a different ship with a different crew that has their own continuing narrative. There's some appearances/references of other characters from that Star Trek era, most notable being Captain Riker.
That's part of my problem with modern Trek right there. Which show is the "current" timeline? That was never a problem before. Now it's too much to keep up with (for me and my taste).
In what I refer to as "current", which is with
Picard, Riker is retired, and comes out of retirement at the end as an "acting captain". With this animated show (which wouldn't interest me in the first place), it is set in the past relative to most current (Riker is the captain of the Titan), making it also, in its own way, a prequel, so it doubly has no interest for me.
If no one else looks at it that way, that's fine, obviously. But it's the way I look at it, and my preference would be to cancel
Discovery,
Strange New Worlds, and any other show that is retreading history we already have gone past, and let me know what the hell happens NEXT.
Now get off my lawn!