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What issues? Brittleness?
You solved that via annealing and releasing the stress in the PLA, not by drying it.
Stringing.
I've had bad stringing before with PLA, drying it made it go away completely with the exact same print settings and model.
I'd argue that the vast amount of (recent, not only older) resources available online showing similar experiences to mine disproves your statement that PLA has no issues with moisture retention.