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Reproducible Example

ser = pd.Series([True, None, False, True, None], dtype=object)
>>> ser.fillna(True, downcast=None)
0     True
1     True
2    False
3     True
4     True
dtype: bool

>>> ser.fillna(True, downcast="infer")
0     True
1     True
2    False
3     True
4     True
dtype: object

Issue Description

Note that downcast=None is the default, so this also happens with just ser.fillna(True).

Disabling the special-casing for object dtype in Block._maybe_downcast breaks 9 tests. I need to check, think there may be some EA cases that aren't tested but where behavior would change if removed that special-casing.

Expected Behavior

I'd expect it to go the other way, with object dtype retained with downcast=None and bool inferred with downcast="infer"

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