Apostrophe controversy

Last August saw a rather amusing furore over apostrophes in Germany. The apostrophe in question is the one used to indicate possession - commonly used in written English but which was not generally used in the German language until quite recently. In German-speaking countries it was common for the possessive apostrophe to be omitted, for example "Jack's cafe" would be "Jacks cafe". However, the Council for German Orthography decided it would be regarded as correct usage from 2025 onwards.

This did not go down well with some commentators in Germany and Austria, with the Austrian newspaper Der Standard calling it another "normalisation of Anglicanisms", while Andreas Platthaus of the Frankfurter Allgemeine suggested the relaxation of rules would actually make German more complicated by saying several different things could be correct at once, presumably as the traditional omission would still be accepted.

In the English language we have sometimes had the opposite issue, as some people will incorrectly use apostrophes when referring to items or people in plural form. For example, "Mary had two coffee's." There have been controversies in the UK over the years about apostrophes being omitted from street signs in order to make things easier for councils when sending letters to addresses such as "St John's Close". It seems apostrophes are, perhaps surprisingly, still important enough in the modern world to occasionally create controversy. How do you feel about apostrophes? Do you think the Council for German Orthography did the right thing, or have they made their written language more complicated?