Yes, SQWr9 seems to be the same view that the browser would normally use (minus all the shenanigans with reddit messing with the sort order making comparing very difficult). Is it possible that whatever you did there be made the default behaviour? Because it shows more comments, not less, which is of more value, and more importantly mirrors what one sees in the browser.
removeddit stores those settings in browser’s local storage, so there is no “normal“ but “last used“.
Yes, I set “sorted by: new“ and “show: all comments“ as default. “sorted by: new“ should help with comparisons as it appears to be more stable than “sorted by: top“