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M1 runs x86 apps through Rosetta 2. It works very well in my experience.

Until Apple arbitrarily decides to stop including it like they did with Rosetta 1 for PowerPC emulation.

Well that’s when he can Stop buying a new Mx Mac. Until then M1 is more power efficient than x86 so more battery life etc.

Rosetta 1 was disabled in a software update, it had nothing to do with hardware. Existing Macs instantly became less useful.

Because someone at marketing figured they could make a quick buck selling people new versions of software they already owned.