They were amazing at backwards compatibility for decades, now they put up a TPM sized wall of planned obsolescence and instead we got a Linux flavour for anything.
Anyway, I don’t think I’ve ever heard anyone doing the reverse of your experience.
Oh there are people who are very passionate about using Windows, in corporations almost exclusively. Had conversation with a system architect recently that made me go over every single reason why Windows isn’t my first choice and got more and more frustrated because if given the choice, I would always pick OpenStack over Azure.
What Windows has are dwindling enthusiast numbers.
With the caveat that an emulator cannot copy any copyrighted code to use in the emulation. They try to add as much proprietary code and encryption that it’s nearly impossible to emulate without breaking the law.
It’s scummy, but people have and will continue to find ways around it. But even the smallest of copyright infringements will result in Nintendo’s wrath.