I have a feeling you’re right about this. I do wish Microsoft would take the Apple approach as Apple steamed ahead with deprecating kernel-mode access.

Love them or hate them, Apple take security a lot more seriously than Microsoft these days and it’s a real shame MS see security architecture as a nuisance rather than a core responsibility of their business.

And it's not like the companies will update old stuff, either. They've shown a willingness to forget about old games as soon as the revenue dips too much. The result will be that those games will be unplayable in the future.