Not an official response in any way (all opinions below are my own), but from my limited experience with the drive I can tell you that it is a radically different product. If you are looking for a more traditional NAS, stick with a My Cloud (or even better a My Cloud PR4100 
) - The My Cloud Home is a “Personal Cloud” drive… its a completely different feature set.
Here are some videos showing the My Cloud Home in action - this might help illuminate why you would want one:
