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My guess is that many commoners miss importance of alignment is: 1) because they are cheap and want to save on everything they can (hey! but car still drives!), 2) some rely on arguable quality but nevertheless "free" bundled extra alignment in some shops when buying & mounting new tires there, 3) some handling issues caused by bad alignment pop at the limit, not apparently obvious to steady daily driving on good road (eg. such people notice only if car does not track straight or steering wheel not centered. But things like extra tire wear, nervousness of steering due toe-out, or different behaviour in right vs left turns due not even camber/toe on sides, or excessive understeer or oversteer, way less so, usually only on track .. or in winter or in wet with limited grip even at "normal speeds". Track crowd that drives on grip limit, sees impact of various alignment issues sooner)
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