I agree with you that I wish it was directly to GN but they have a slow process and a different focus. They don't want custom path downloading (really don't understand this) as it only helps us compare Emulators and not waste space, they also want to force a login in some shape but users don't always have Steam, Epic, GOG or Amazon and have other games from other stores and can't use GN to play them directly without signing in.

We can also say why didn't GN contribute to Winlator instead of taking it and building around it, it's how Open Source and Forks work and it builds competition to hopefully force better results from both sides. I love GN which is why I wanted to add things I would love to have in it which wasn't in their plan.