While I usually would say the same, as I understood pipewire they are trying to create a unifying abstraction layer with a stable API that handles the underlying cruft.

While I would have wished for a good clean solution from the start, the state of the current Linux Audio stack doesn't IMO really allow for such a solution without breaking every program ever.

If Linux Audio needs one thing it would be something that handles the weird relationships between ALSA/Pulseaudio/Jack in a clear and automatic fashion. Because as for now I have seen Linux Sysadmins with 30 years of experience tear their hair out because they couldn't wrap their head around Linux Audio.

Build a blackbox around it and try to rework it on the inside.