Star Trek: Discovery being shifted into a different timeline would resolve a lot of issues

Star Trek: Discovery had an up-and-down life cycle. It's never been fully embraced by the fandom and for fair reasons. The show did a lot to alter the established lore of the franchise and do so in ways that felt unnecessary and forced. It made long-time fans feel unattached from the product, and like what they had known prior wasn't seen as good enough.

Fans, rightfully or not, rejected that, and due to it caused the fandom to fracture with some claiming the show wasn't made for "real" fans and others embracing it for being different and unique from other shows in the Star Trek canon.

Regardless of the side you fall on, the series ended up being one of the least well-received shows in franchise history. Whether that's right or wrong is a different conversation for a different day, but the fact is that the show has fractured the fanbase, but Giant Freaking Robot has suggested something we wholly support.

It's time to give Discovery the Spock treatment.

In Star Trek 2009, Spock of the main timeline, went back in time and created the Kelvin Timeline. This is essentially what's being suggested by Giant Freaking Robot, move the show into a new timeline, making its existence one that's not encumbered by the 60 years of lore they tried to ignore when they first were created.

It would allow them to not only finish their story unimpeded but when they launch Starfleet Academy, it won't have to adhere to strict history of lore that the writers have clearly shown a disinterest in supporting at times.

Now, it would be done or how it would be done is anyone's guess. Maybe it's just announced that the show is in its new own universe, or maybe they do something in Star Trek: Starfleet Academy to re-write the timeline of sorts, but anyway they want to do it works. It would give the show some much-needed goodwill that would hopefully bring a second wave of interest into the series, and maybe help launch Starfleet Academy off on the right foot.

Since they're the spinoff series to Discovery, they're going to need as much goodwill as possible, and starting a new timeline around Discovery and Starfleet Academy would be the way to go.