At least half, or more, of that "crap" also gets done in Windows. Only diff is that is is masked by binary-distributed third party drivers. The rest is because

At least half, or more, of that "crap" also gets done in Windows. Only diff is that is is masked by binary-distributed third party drivers. The rest is because the udev/systemd devs are in a bikeshedding war with the kernel devs because the latter ruffled the formers feathers at some point.