And getting it to just stick to unidirectional audio (relying on the internal mic for input, which seems like the only practical option) took some serious trial and error. It still occasionally sends a stream to my headphones when nothing is playing, which prevents other devices from using them (my headphones let you connect two devices but only play audio from one of them).
If it does address these issues, I hope Ubuntu will soon officially support it (I've learned better than to use non-defaults, it just invites pain).