The ADK used a lookup db to apply those fixes though; it wasn't a global fudge. Windows compatibility has probably been the main differentiator over the decade

The ADK used a lookup db to apply those fixes though; it wasn't a global fudge. Windows compatibility has probably been the main differentiator over the decades and every break (vista driver signing, dropping support for a bunch of scanners/printers, os quality issues) then 10 and even more so 11 making upgrading a mess of seemingly huge hardware replacement costs for next to no user/use gains, has caused uproar. Hell even xp was a mess; windows compatibility mode barely did what it suggested; but the intention was there.