My interpretation, stemming from his statement that it is a problem to brick machines <i>and</i> his statement that some programs need write access, is that something needs to be put in place, but we can&#x27;t unilaterally restrict root (which would be very un-Unixy to do).  I think he was fairly ambigous in details on how to fix it (possibly because he wasn&#x27;t sure the best path to take), and included with some fairly blanket statements about policy&#x2F;belief that allowed people to interpret his statements however they were inclined.  Unfortunately due to the polarizing effect of systemd (and Lennart&#x27;s prior projects, and possibly Lennart himself), there are plenty of people inclined to believe he doesn&#x27;t care.