Why do so many HATE systemd?

[dalto]

Here is something I wrote about 4.5 years ago on the subject:

Systemd free?

That is a pretty accurate summary. First you should know that this is something that some people a very passionate about. For the record, I am not one of those people. From my perspective much of the systemd debate was nothing but baseless FUD. There are some historical issues that played into the discussion. At the time systemd was introduced it brought a monumental change to how things were managed. Many people don’t like change. On top of that, systemd …

The summary is that a portion of the people who hate/fear systemd are doing so for either baseless reasons or reasons they don’t actually understand. However, there are some valid reasons to not prefer it based on personal opinions and preferences.