I mean a core issue is that it doesn't adhere to the unix principle of do one thing and do it well. Aside from that it essentially creates a middle layer where things can happen without you really knowing it's happening. If you haven't I'd suggest running a couple of different init systems to see what I mean.

I'm ambivalent, I like systemd because it's convenient, but I also like openrc because it's simple.

I don't like systemd. Reasons:

• broad scope and lots of dependencies are more or less the exact opposite design philosophy of *nix

• putting too many eggs in one basket intrinsically increases the attack vector and also decreases stability

• bloated

Most importantly:

• Gives Red Hat i.e. IBM too much influence over Linux

Same here... I like it a lot.

They see all the other stuff that gets packaged under the systemd name and assume it's non-optional. While many distributions do, annoyingly, ship the auxiliary packages like resolved by default, they're not required if you just want to use the init system, and honestly they kind of strike me as an attempt to supplement or replace some of the incumbent components of your average distro.

Systemd-resolved can suck my whole grundle, though.