I followed the instructions here: https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2022/04/pipewire-replace-pulseaudio-ubuntu-2204/.
It does say that it won’t work on all devices and not to try it on a live system but I had to try it and ended up with an unusable installation.
I rolled back to a backup and the device was back to how it was.
However, I did an update the next day and it wiped out some of my customisations. After all the problems I’ve encountered, that was the straw that broke the camel’s back and I’m gonna get rid of the thing now.