The recommended way to run apps is indeed to recompile to ARM using universal binaries [0]. Rosetta is just to support older apps that have not yet been updated

The recommended way to run apps is indeed to recompile to ARM using universal binaries [0]. Rosetta is just to support older apps that have not yet been updated for ARM. [0]: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/xcode/building_a_universal_macos_binary https://developer.apple.com/documentation/xcode/building_a_u...