Some of those are just things you find in any code (comments aren't bad), some of it refers to specific programs (there will always be 'special cases' if a prog

Some of those are just things you find in any code (comments aren't bad), some of it refers to specific programs (there will always be 'special cases' if a program supports more modes of operation than "start" and "stop"), some of it is good (bugfixes are not bad), and sometimes init scripts are written by morons. Sometimes the code is bad. But the model isn't bad. People sometimes use "init script" to refer to the tools that run and maintain network services, and those are completely different. An init script boots your computer. A service runner is responsible for interfacing with an application and performing complex operations. They should not be confused, but often are, as Systemd conflates the two.