What kind of reasoning is that? When I develop software I don't start by writing an if-statement that exits if the user's hardware is not identical to the hardw

What kind of reasoning is that? When I develop software I don't start by writing an if-statement that exits if the user's hardware is not identical to the hardware specs that I wrote and tested the software on. Certain things should carry the expectation they are compatible, not the other way around. Innocent before proven guilty! I would say an instruction set (the sole purpose of which is to avoid scenarios like the one you're describing) are one of those things.