systemctl status --user pipewire

https://lemmy.world/post/45170184

Real talk, though: why has Linux taken at least five tries (OSS, ALSA, JACK, PulseAudio, PipeWire) to get audio right?!
That’s the thing about open source. Someone always thinks they can do better
That’s not a feature thats exclusive to open source though. Circular reasoning like this just distracts from the fact that software just like hardware is constantly evolving, even in personal spaces. Thinking someone can do better has no relevance on the “open source” aspect or the political leaning.
You mean someone thinks they need to do better not by enhancement but by complete replacement. See: Systemd and its own flailing.
SystemD knows what it has to do.