Wide adoption isn't an indication of merit - look at the wide adoption of Windows for an example.
Anyway, for all the developer convenience and technical merit systemd has, it doesn't support an open OS environment - it restricts freedom in favour of convenience, which is precisely the opposite of what many users prefer Linux for.
Anyway, for all the developer convenience and technical merit systemd has, it doesn't support an open OS environment - it restricts freedom in favour of convenience, which is precisely the opposite of what many users prefer Linux for.