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I don't think it's *that* silly of a theory, actually.

systemd started as an init system.

But in the last couple years it's also encompassed a *ton* of other areas of low-level Linux functionality.

Maybe that was the plan from the beginning, I don't know. But it certainly wasn't obvious to a lot of people if that was the case -- and to these people it seems like the plan is for systemd to become crucial to everything and everyone in the Linux community.

I guess the question on these people's minds is: where does it end?

It's no big secret that an integrated, monolithic stack can deliver better results than a stack designed to let every single piece be swapped out. But I suppose some people see that line of thinking and wonder "Well, gee, maybe someone will decide to make the basic shell utilities depend on systemd too so they can get better results. And maybe $my_de_of_choice will become dependent on it too, since it'll produce better results. And surely my web browser could be more secure if it used systemd..." etc.

Basically, some people are worried about a future where systemd/Linux is the One True OS which open source software supports, and anyone not using it is left out.

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I happen to be a cathedral person myself, so I'm all for systemd taking over tons of low-level functionality in the Linux world. But then again, I prefer FreeBSD, so the idea of a kernel/userland stack being developed together isn't that scary to me. :D