By surprise and without any announcement (maybe I missed it?) Ryochan7 archived their ds4windows project with a final EOL release
Vigembus (the driver) is also discontinued due to a trademark issue by an unrelated company that has nothing to do with gaming
What will be the path forward to easily use non-xbox pads on windows?
Yeah, it does. This can sometimes require launching steam in Big Picture Mode first, then select the game you want. A bit annoying to take that extra step but Steam has upped their ps5 controller support lately.