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Not really, web pages (which do not depend on specific APIs) still work just fine, they just look antiquated.

Desktop apps in theory can run too, but it depends on what they link and if OS still provides it.

My current hobby project is for DOS. Runs everywhere, mostly thanks to DOSBox, and the API has not changed since 1994 and will never change. For something to run offline and to avoid being stuck forever maintaining code I think this is what I will stick to for most of my future projects as well.

It's not like any modern OS, or popular libraries/frameworks could not provide an equally stable (subset of an) API for apps, but sadly they don't.

I actually think this is rather sensible. If I didn't have to learn DOS from scratch[1] to do it, I would be tempted to use it as a platform for many of my side projects. As you say, it will forever be a desirable platform to maintain (currently in the shape of DOSBox) thanks to the vast quantities of software – especially games – written for it.

[1]: I am young enough that when I last used DOS was before I had started programming, so I never learned it beyond command-line interaction.

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