What I hear here is:
- OSM Carto is maintained by volunteers, it’s time consuming and not very attractive to contribute to anymore.
- Some elements are not prioritized on OSM Carto to be included.
- OSM Carto is central to OSM since it’s the default layer.
- People have been asking for a more modern (vector-based) layer for a long time.
This feels like an opportunity for OSMF to take a decision on the level of control they want over the main OSM layer.
- Is this an opportunity to fund (or hire) OSM Carto development?
- Is this an opportunity to fund a OSM Carto fork to add/change some behaviors to be more aligned with what most OSM users need?
- Is this an opportunity to fund/hire someone to develop a new vector-based layer that includes most elements people would expect from a modern map?