Now that this is a huge international news story, it's interesting to see the developing outside media opinion/current consensus.
One very commonly expressed thread is that the probable JT610, possible ET302 accident cause is new overcomplicated automation confusing pilots (this is similar to Trump's Tweet also).
But interestingly this is actually the opposite of the MCAS issue. The MCAS algorithm appears much too simple for it's power, primarily taking a single AoA vane input without consistency checks, and applying them to the stabilizer periodically with no limit except when maximum downtrim is reached. Automation simplicity is one approach to reducing failure modes, but within reason as demonstrated in this case.