Okay but not really? Systemd does not really provide that much usability that any other init system + elogind doesn't. The benefit to the FOSS environment is that we, as users and developers, can starve out bad actors.
Want Nix but don't like systemd? Guix.
Want Arch but don't like systemd? Void.
You know what "compile" means and don't want systemd? Gentoo.
Okay but not really? Systemd does not really provide that much usability that any other init system + elogind doesn't. The benefit to the FOSS environment is that we, as users and developers, can starve out bad actors.
Want Nix but don't like systemd? Guix. Want Arch but don't like systemd? Void. You know what "compile" means and don't want systemd? Gentoo.