> Screen tearing has always been an issue on x11

Screen tearing has not been an issue on X11 for like... a decade? Granted, that's after development on Wayland started.

Also I just don't get this obsession with screen tearing. I've experienced it on occasion in other context and I... just kinda don't care about it? Certainly if you're a video editing/creating/whatever professional, it actually matters for your job, but otherwise it's just cosmetic, and often hardly noticeable at all.