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Yeah while technically correct this is also a gross overstatement of the gravity of the situation. You can maintain a perfectly good gaming hobby for your whole entire life without access to anything more powerful than a GTX 660. Access to high end GPUs is entirely elective, and not having access to it doesn't disqualify you from anything important.
From anything important made before like 2018.
New great games do come out, and you can't enjoy many of them on a 660. Also, graphics does matter to many players, as it helps with immersion.
Sure, there are plenty of gems that your 660 will run just fine, but there are plenty others it will not. And unless retro games are your vibe, you'll always be severely limited by hardware.
Then you can't frame it in the same light as "you'll own nothing and be happy", which refers to rent seeking on essential resources.
If you choose to set the bar for "immersive" at the level where high end GPUs are required, that's on you and you're the one enshittifying yourself. More to the point you're just obediently setting your standards exactly where the industry wants them, so that they can extract maximum value from you.
Why you would make such a choice escapes me, but it's not an unfair situation by any means. You can remove your hand from the fire at any moment.