Most opponents of systemd are not against consolidation and standardization of linux system administration. What they object to is the development approach and happiness to introduce bugs and unbootable systems.<p>To add one more anecdote: give voidlinux a try at some point. It uses runit as its init system and boots at least twice as fast as a systemd-based arch linux system. As with startups, the idea is less important than good execution, and systemd only succeeded on the former (so far).<p>With all that being said, I do like that I know how to do common administration on both Arch Linux and RHEL and Debian without learning three toolsets.