I think that the issue that a lot of BSD people have with systemd is the development model and consolidation of projects around systemd only APIs which are difficult to integrate into non-Linux platforms.<p>That combined with the systemd developers saying &#x27;Systemd is a Linux-only project, we&#x27;ll only be accepting patches for Linux and we&#x27;ll only be supporting Linux. If this breaks on non-Linux systems, you&#x27;re on your own.&#x27;
Granted the community has adapted very well, as Gnome Shell running on OpenBSD demonstrates, but the non-inclusive attitude must have left a sour taste in a lot of people&#x27;s mouths and you can understand why they feel bitter.