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Exactly. This is a massive overreach, and it is crazy that Poettering is even considering merging this.
He thinks that systemd is desktop linux.
I would say the majority of objections to systemd pertain to perceived overreaches of the project (perceptions I generally share). So in that sense, it is kind of on brand.
You've, uh, seen systemd, right? Cmon; this is just one more section for the cancer to eat.
Not familiar with him then?