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> the fact that they had to create an emulation/virtualization layer (rosetta) says other wise.

That is a nonsensical and ahistorical take.

Apple created an emulation layer because they were migrating ISA and thus had a backlog of legacy which they needed to support for users to switch over.

They did the same from PPC to x86, and from 68k to PPC, and nobody would have accused those of being entrenched.



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