New comment by paper42 on void-packages repository https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/issues/38541#issuecomment-1209091272 Comment: > > Automatically starting pipewire on behalf of the user is a bad idea and we won't do it. > Okay... Could you elaborate on the "bad idea" part? I might be missing something here but Pulse is started automatically in the same manner and it hasn't caused any issues. Pulse being autostarted is also not ideal. If you want to switch to pipewire or just stop it, it's not easy.