I'm not sure if anyone is truly behind it. Systemd is open source. The problem with FOSS is people make stuff they want, then they share it. Others only comp

I'm not sure if anyone is truly behind it. Systemd is open source. The problem with FOSS is people make stuff they want, then they share it. Others only complain if it affects them. And if you have no interest in alternate init systems, then compatibility with anything else sometimes just means stretching your team thinner. From my perspective, and I'm sure some others, the hijacking is a benefit, it standardizes all the systems. If you're a corporate IT person, or a home user who wants to not have to think about their OS, this is great. It means you won't run into incompatible stuff, there's one standard "Linux platform". Systemd isn't a DRM, it doesn't cost subscription fees, so I don't see why you would push the technology other than really believing that it is best for your dev team and your users. From the point of view of the companies doing this stuff, Gentoo and Void and Devuan don't exist. They are like forks of the entire Linux platform. There may be a bit of corporate competition happening, I'm sure Canonical doesn't want too much variety, but it's hard to separate it from the real benefits it has for non-hobbyist users to have less fragmentation. There may be some dirty political stuff happening to push it with dependencies, but most of the community seems to be behind it. Perhaps this should be seen as a tyranny of the masses kind of situation, and the better question is what obligations do the rest of us have for the other systems we will likely never use. It does seem like there is some minimal level of effort that should be made, in the name of inclusiveness, and compatibility with some possible future QuantumHyperSystemD thing, at least to ask yourself and sure that it's all good faith and you aren't actively sabotaging anything. But beyond that, unless you're being paid, not many are going to support a system that isn't relevant to them.