I'm a PC enthusiast, but I think you're greatly overestimating how much computing power the average, non-computer focused (read: most) people have access to. The "computer" in a ton of households is a smartphone, tablet, or the budget laptop they got their kid for school. Unless they bought the laptop with gaming or demanding productivity in mind, they're not playing anything except older titles or small, non-demanding games.

The idea that "almost everyone already has a laptop" that they can just play games on just isn't a reality.

i actually hooked my ps5 up to a different monitor when i saw it ghosting cause i thought my monitor was broken or something lol

This is the thing that bothers me most about TAA. The current industry and many users have this attitude of “There’s no problem. Whatever you’re seeing is probably your fault” gaslighting that makes you second guess yourself.

I’ve never found someone IRL that knows what ghosting I’m talking about. When I describe it or show them clips I took, they always say “Oh, mine doesn’t do that. It must be your settings.” Five times now it’s come to a head where I’ve gone to their house and recreated it on their PC to show them what’s going on.