I don't really understand how was JACK supposed to be used. On Windows or Mac you typically run a DAW and load plugins into it. But on Linux the user is suppose

I don't really understand how was JACK supposed to be used. On Windows or Mac you typically run a DAW and load plugins into it. But on Linux the user is supposed to run every plugin as a separate application and connect them using JACK? Doesn't this mean there would be lot of context switches? Also, in a DAW you can save your configuration, but how do you do this with JACK and a bunch of independent applications? Also, given that Pulseadio and Pipewire both support ALSA clients, does it mean that the preferred API for applications should be ALSA? This way they can play sound on any system, even where there is no audio daemon.