it depends on dynamic vs static libraries

why must the user think about this shit? i can grab a windows app made for XP and run it on 11, and it'll run perfectly fine, and i don't have to think about the way its dynamic loader figures it out

ill have lower chances of running an app made for RHEL8 on RHEL9 than that

have you like

ever actually tried installing an old app on linux
or accidentally had a power outage during an update

it literally can't update without breaking and can't install old apps lol