It takes me a lot longer to write the code than it does to format it for readability.

I'm inclined to think that the reason that auto-formatters are popular is not because manually formatting code is hard, but simply to head off nitpicking in code review.

I think there's a better solution to the "style nitpicking in code review" problem: Just don't do it.

If you're nitpicking style during a code review, chances are good that you are not looking for real problems.