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For a modern operating system, Linux sure requires too much hand-holding just to get working.

Does anyone else really think that audio should be a lot simpler and more direct to access? Why do we have so many issues with inputs and outputs being named, not only from the wrong context (inputs as 'readable clients'? wtaf?) but with actually useless names or missing hardware out altogether?

Something tells me, that after 20 years, these things SHOULD be in a much better state than they currently are.

Words fail to express how embarrassing it is that Linux STILL has no consistent audio architecture which isn't broken or needlessly limited in some way.

There's a severe lack of consistency in rules and methodologies. Its' not like we just invented computers and don't know how they work. How is recording audio in a modern operating system so badly broken?

I swear, we've got something seriously wrong. I can't help thinking all this is just unfocussed over-engineering ad nauseam.

Also a red flag... ALSA, PulseAudio and now Pipewire - Reinventing ill-conceived architectures is symptomatic of modern software. We need to stop producing the same, ill-conceived square wheels with objectively bad, over-engineered workarounds.