The fact that you cannot modify collections offline or add side loaded content without getting nagged is a bug. This is not the case with any of the other implementations of Cloud Collections (iOS, Fire, and now Android), and probably why nobody AFAICT is complaining about it with those.
Ironically, I would rank the Fire implementation as the worst of those three and the Android as the best.
I am planning to start a new thread on the subject of Cloud Collections when I can get online with my laptop and its real keyboard, unless someone betas me to it. This thread long ago ceased to be about 'first impressions' .