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> "Broken" is a strong word. "Different" might be more fitting.

No, "broken" is a perfectly fitting word, an application not running is broken, not different.

Linux is working perfectly on lot of servers, computers, smartphones. It holds steady third place in the world rating for desktops, first place for smartphones, dominant at server/embedded/supercomputer markets. If a developer released an app which cannot be running at these platforms under Linux, then app is broken, of course. Why you blame perfectly working OS for developer fault?

Because it is the OS that broke backwards compatibility and caused the application to stop working.

That the kernel is used in "servers, computers, smartphones" and wherever else metric of popularity doesn't magically make applications run. Developers who work on libraries that are relied on by others to provide basic functionality (like GUIs) not breaking their APIs is what make applications run.

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