Yeah. I'm not sure that this has changed much.
I suspect that was a large part of what drove the excitement for something like Valve's Proton. It was supposed to make it easier for studios to make games available across platforms, because they would. "just work" without having to put special effort in.
This sounds like the same sort of "We found out that the cost is not actually 0, and we want out. We can't say that though, so it's your fault"
That's the National Defense Sevice Medal
It is awarded for service during a time of war. It was awarded for periods that included the War on Terror, Vietnam, and Korea