How many man-hours have been wasted collectively by people trying to get PulseAudio to work? How many more hours are going to be spent dealing with systemd-rela

How many man-hours have been wasted collectively by people trying to get PulseAudio to work? How many more hours are going to be spent dealing with systemd-related problems? What is the cost for backdooring such a dependency into so many major distributions? Poettering shouldn't be surprised he's getting such resistance--he doesn't seem to be undertaking projects that make friends.