As a person who is somewhat new to bitcoin and really fresh as a node runner, my choice was Knots. Not saying that I understand all the nuances of the debate akd basing my decision on that, but as far as I've understood, bitcoin has grown to where it is with more or less using the filters and the defaults right know in use in Knots.
If there are no well reasoned arguments given by the ones making the changes to Core, my sats are with Knots. At least until proper arguments are shown or until bitcoin will wreck itself and I need to power off my node for good.