It's not quite that simple. Much of the problems of Windows reliability was from 3rd party drivers and apps (esp killer apps). They couldn't ditch the hardware or app vendors because their customers demanded them. So, Windows source was littered with all kinds of provisions to basically work around all that. They eventually forced driver analysis and safer language onto the ecosystem when that was too much. But a key part of their path to dominance and backward compatibility was working around known issues in 3rd party code.

Avoid this when possible obviously. However, it's sometimes a good idea when it's for tie-in to ecosystem that has benefits worth it.