A bunch of things on a modern desktop linux system depend on it. Disregard what the user you replied to said, as polkit is a system to delegate elevated permission grants from GUI applications.
A GUI sudo if you will, with XML and javascript code for its configuration files.
I'm not near my computer, but I would guess pipewire (as it usually runs within the users session) might rely on it to access the sound hardware without needing to run as root. But just guessing.
A GUI sudo if you will, with XML and javascript code for its configuration files.
I'm not near my computer, but I would guess pipewire (as it usually runs within the users session) might rely on it to access the sound hardware without needing to run as root. But just guessing.