I would agree with you about not seeing tearing... except that it only applies to the "desktop experience". Any time I'd watch a video with, say, VLC media play

I would agree with you about not seeing tearing... except that it only applies to the "desktop experience". Any time I'd watch a video with, say, VLC media player, I'd get absolutely horrendous tearing that was nearly unwatchable. And upon switching to Wayland it would all disappear.