I just want to clarify that I’m not pursuing this option! Let me explain.
Most people know I have a conflict of interest in being both a maintainer of the website and also a cartographer for (at least) two of the featured styles. But I try very hard to be completely fair when it comes to things related to the maps and generally stay of the discussions that directly affect them or when something might affect one style and not another. Even when I was on OWG I stayed out of any conversation about which styles should be featured.
Unsurprisingly, I have my own (very strong) preferences on what we should do about the maps in dark mode. But rather than trying to ram through my own decisions, I’ve (twice now in the last six months) carefully documented all the options that the community has discussed, and explicitly asked for feedback. I would rather that the community considers and discusses the options, and more people understand that they all have pros and cons.
But this approach has come in for a lot of criticism over the last 48 hours, often from people who have a preference for one option but aren’t willing to consider the pros and cons of them all. An alternative approach would have been for me to simply try to force through my own preferences, with no discussion about the pros and cons of any other approach. I’d certainly get criticism for that too, I reckon!