The initramfs is really only there to mount the root partition. Given the various ways that people want to do that, it makes a lot of sense to have an initramfs

The initramfs is really only there to mount the root partition. Given the various ways that people want to do that, it makes a lot of sense to have an initramfs for distros that cater to many different use cases. Consider that a root partition may use LFS, disk encryption, or it may even be a network volume! I don't think there’s really much of a reason to abandon initramfs other than “maybe you don’t need it.” As far as I can tell, this distro has you compiling the kernel. If you are compiling kernel for your specific hardware, you can remove the need for kernel modules in initramfs. Distros generally compile the kernel for you, so this won’t work so well, in general. Add weasel words to the above as necessary. Basically, no major advantages to ditching initramfs, and ditching it will leave you with something less flexible. Some use cases (e.g. embedded) there may be no advantage to using initramfs in the first place.