> It is when winnit or WGPU etc make big breaking changes (Often from accumulation over time) where things get hairy!

Winit has had so much churn over time, I hope they settle down at some point.

I can pretty much guarantee that if I try to build a project from 3+ years ago, the old version of winit will not compile on my Mac, and the new version of winit will have a completely different API surface.

Wait until you try Device Events on certain newer Linux versions. You might be in for a surprise, of which is no fault of Winit.