There are multiple ways to write exactly the same program. Linters are able to reduce this number by moving to some canonical version.

With modern tools it it is easy to add formatting on saving or on commit. So I don't understand what's the fuss about.

At the same time, for the most important tool in software engineering, Git, it matters which lines are changes. And it is better to only see actual logic changes, not swamped in tabs vs space or other parts that are just formatting.

That said, I would love to see more of this splitting between actual internal representation and view. Don't like anything in style guide (or even syntax alike curly brackets vs indentions) - just change view, alike folding.