I think people forget there is MUCH more than animal humanoids in the exotic gene-editing: Orks, elves, drows, goblins... seeing exotics as only animal humanoids is a mistake, there is no doubt that those are the most prominent and... "exotic" ones but in general, the exotic gene-editing allows you to create the physical body you always wanted, no matter how tame or extreme it would be.
Remember the modifications are not all or nothing options, you can just only buy some cat ears and tail or if you want go full exotic and modify all your entire body to look like a bipedal looking feline beast-like creature, the choice is yours (and the ca$h you have)
It also could be nice to see things like werewolf theme gangs, people modifying their bodies like grey aliens in a syfy convention in 2077, some spy agent females with lizard-like skin that blends with the environment like a chameleon...