It removes gender speech (Leser*innen becomes Leser), which can be awkward and hurt the reading flow.

I edited my comment to include an answer to your question.

I'd like to know too. I struggled to understand the description of the extension - is it an anti-woke thing, or some sort of modern approach to German removing the traditional (i.e. non-political) genderisation of some words, or both, or something else?

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