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I like SystemD. I've found it fairly simple to use one thing to do all the basics I want, instead of 20 different programs with different config locations etc.
Having everything isn't really possible either way, systemd won't necessarily reimplement all daemons in one place. It's not a good idea in terms of architecture anyway. If you want to configure everything the same way, check out Nix.
This is fine, and one of the strong points of a diverse software ecosystem: Chose what works best for you.