I have to repeat that I do not see it as a bug (as in "it must never be this way"); it is something I would like to have at times and sometimes not.

So I prefer not to have it changed (hard-wired the other way round), but to have a way to select what goes where. If ewan is right about pulseaudio in this context, it would be an ideal thing for a sexy application that enhances the phone without Nokia doing anything.