I am not sure if a handful of Developer's were planning on holding on to their DTK, but most were planning on returning it within the appropriate timeframe. The question being is that if Apple believed in Rosetta2 and it was less than six months from releasing the M1, why even bother with the DTK. We have heard that some Intel apps runs on par if not better on AppleSilicon so why offer an unstable/unreliable DTK. Ah I forgot it was to offer Developers a chance to test and develop their software for the introduction of AppleSilicon. More native titles on launch means more potential customers and quicker adoption of AppleSilicon. This is a bigger benefit for Apple as those Developers software will still work under Rosetta2, so are you saying Apple may have made a mistake to even offer the DTK.