Since the initial stages of the merge, progress has been made so that this seems the best option now:
* NNUE is clearly stronger on most relevant hardware and time controls * All of our CI and testing infrastructure has been adjusted * The default net is easy to get (further ideas #3030)
some GUIs do not show the error message when the engine terminates in the no-net case, as it is send to cerr. Instead send it as an info string, which the GUI will more likely display.