Comment by olejorgenb

> there's no reader mode that turns off site design with about 8 words a line

Firefox's reader mode allow you to set the line length. If the reader-mode is able to understand the page it should be able to increase the length as well?

> "Universal acceptance"

Looking into it bit more I concede there's no real research consensus for optimal range in the 50-100 character range. I could not find research for the 180 char length this site render on my laptop screen at reasonable font size.

(Research indicate that bigger line spacing is beneficial for long lines though.)