[sandworm101]

Ok, enough with the map nerd slight of hand. Put the Mercator projection on the top of the list of options, not the bottom. Mercator is the qwerty of map projections, the one users expect and are most likely looking for. It is also often the most useful as it is the projection designed for actual navigation.

[lxgr]

I would hope that nobody uses this particular map for actual navigation!

And how many people looking at maps on the internet really perform (globe-scale) navigation where it would even matter?

Getting a sense for distances and/or proportions is arguably the most common use case, with “a sense for the precise bearing” a distant follower.