@nielso I also find #pipewire to be better than #coreaudio on macOS.
Many of the things I used to do on macOS with some helper apps, I now do out of the box on #linux.
And yes, in many of the "polished" apps that are used on Windows or macOS, I think a lot of the complexity (but also flexibility) is probably kept away from the users, which may lead to small successes faster, but doesn't necessarily promote the underlying understanding of what's actually going on, if that makes any sense.