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sudois already an optional component (yes, really—I don't have it installed). Don't want its attack surface? You can stick withsuand its attack surface instead. Either is going to be smaller than systemd's.systemd's feature creep is only surpassed by that of emacs.
Tomorrow's headline: emacs wants to expand to include a Sudo replacement
And after that: emacs wants to include a systemd replacement
:wq
I'd take that over systemd.