That notion might seem plausible, but the author of Pipewire witnessed the entire PulseAudio process, so has strong motivation not to repeat its reception, and

That notion might seem plausible, but the author of Pipewire witnessed the entire PulseAudio process, so has strong motivation not to repeat its reception, and plenty of hindsight to help. Notably, the developer of Jack, the universally admired professional audio system, now uses PipeWire via its Jack-compatible API. He is frequently here on HN.