You are wrong to say that the PCS should take a hit because of "lack of tech". The difficulty of the jumping content and the PCS are not related. Read the ISU ruebook.
Not everything is spelled out in the rule book explicitly. Landing a jump that has a certain snap and or adds an impact on a program can influence the judges positively when it comes time to award components. At the same time lower quality elements or even simpler elements that are easier to perform can deflate a program's impact in a judges perception and we can see the opposite. Especially when we factor the competition. Just for a moment imagine the potential impact on your scores if you find yourself following a much stronger skater and who just absolutely slayed the crowd with masterful difficulty far above your own and unfortunately now you are up. Nowhere in the guidelines will it explain this but the contrast of the stronger skater before you might become even more stark in comparison to some judges and your scores could be lower than they would have given you if you had instead gone first. Skate order may seem nefarious and may even be used as such at times but it is a natural phenomenon that isn't always just bad judging.
Of course it's Carolina we're discussing so she is an example of someone who can wow us without all of the technical goods and instead focus on a mastery of the basics and interpretation. The thing is....I think it's worth acknowledging that some people will wonder if she is doing less difficulty in with technical layout then to what degree is it potentially easier to focus on the interpreting and even performance. How much easier is it to deliver without having to focus on landing 3-3's or even a Lutz? These things can and should be discussed and people are free as are the judges to weigh in on this. Nothing unfair about that is there?
You won't find this spelled out in the rules but I think you'd be wrong to believe that these factors aren't at play. Even if only .25 or .50 here or there in components. Feel free to disagree but I don't think it's realistic to say that TES doesn't have impact on PCS. It should. This includes the difficulty and execution. It's very hard to fall and not have a transition affected in some way. Not always of course because some people fall and pop up super quick but I'd say more often than not a fall will affect your transition and it should be reflected in your scores.