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Rosetta 2 is currently automatically installed whether you like it or not on every Apple Silicon Mac. It will be discontinued with macOS version 28. Therefore macOS 27 will be the last macOS that supports any Intel Binaries. 

The process for Rosetta on an Apple Silicon Mac is called "oahd," which manages the translation of Intel-based applications to run on Apple Silicon. This process operates automatically in the background when you launch an app that requires Rosetta. Launch an Intel app such as TurboTax '24 and open "Activity Monitor" enter "oahd" into the search field on the top right, set view to all processes. Voila!  

It is simply not possible to be running macOS up through macOS 27 on an M1,M2,M3,M4, M5, etc. Mac while using an Intel app and not have "oahd", the Rosetta 2 daemon, running. Executable path: {/usr/libexec/rosetta/oahd} And when macOS 28 is released in September of 2027, or whenever Apple decides to stop supporting Intel Binaries, it will not be possible to run an Intel App.