IMO since OSSv4 was proprietary for a while, the kernel folks invested most of their efforts developing ALSA, so by the time OSSv4 opened up and became a viable choice, ALSA had much better sound card driver support.
Another big issue is that OSS doesn't support MIDI or USB sound card input, which is a pretty huge functionality gap for people who are using those features.
Another big issue is that OSS doesn't support MIDI or USB sound card input, which is a pretty huge functionality gap for people who are using those features.