For those who never read the comics, allow me to illuminate you:

1979’s The Savage She-Hulk had Jennifer get caught up in a mob hit put out on her father, a Los Angeles sheriff who had crossed paths with a dangerous crime boss. Jennifer then transforms into the She-Hulk when her cousin Bruce Banner gives her an emergency blood transfusion to save her life.

What was so wrong with this story that it had to be changed?

She-Hulk Writer explains why-

And the reasoning, if she's not lying, is stupid. From the article

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There were a couple of reasons for making the changes," Gao said. "The heads of Marvel specifically didn’t want to do a mob hit. I think it was because it didn't feel like it vibed with the show."

Well, I guess it's not important to respect the source material for something as trivial as the catalyst for character's entire fricking existence...the "vibe" is what matters. And how exactly does this change the vibe of the show? If anything it enhances the development of the character. You can still throw in your feminist talk tracks, but with a well developed hero, you can get away with it without completely alienating half your target audience.

But wait there's more

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The Rick and Morty writer then went on to say that establishing Jennifer's origins from the comics would have taken up too much precious time, especially when the writing team was more interested in exploring how the thirtysomething lawyer would deal with her newfound powers rather than how she obtained them. "You would have to set up a ton of backstory," Gao explained. "You can’t just drop that in. We really wanted to get going, we didn’t want to spend half an hour setting up why this happened. [...] The interesting part for us was watching this woman deal with all this and try to process it."

This entire statement tells me that they (the writers and Marvel) don't give a shite about creating a quality storyline because it's too hard and they're lazy. It also shows a complete lack of respect for the fanbase.

Then there's this:

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Lastly, Gao noted that Bruce willingly giving Jennifer his blood would have not been in line with his character as portrayed in the Marvel Cinematic Universe due to the Avenger viewing his special abilities as a burden rather than a benefit for the majority of his life. "For me, it just didn’t ring true for the Bruce Banner we know,”

frick right off. The Bruce Banner we know from both the comics and MCU agonizes over the choice of saving Jennifer's life and cursing her or just letting her die.

No, Gao thought it was more important to make sure we knew that Jennifer never need's help from a man, EVER. Showing her being rescued by Bruce would, in Gao's mind, indicate that Jennifer, and therefore all women, are vulnerable and need a man's help.

Ultimately, I think Gao is full of shite.
I don't believe any of the reasons she listed, except for the one about the writers being lazy.

I think her goal was to deliver a message that amounts to Men=Bad, Women=Good; And the decision to change the She-Hulk origin story was a huge mistake made for selfish reasons.

TLDR; Gao's She-Hulk is bad, and she should feel bad.