I don't like systemd, so I don't use it. I can articulate my reasons why I don't like systemd when it comes up, but I don't go out of my way to go on any anti-systemd crusades and I don't think anyone else should, either.

Instead I just use something else and I /put the work in/ to maintaining my setup so that it works without systemd. I maintain OpenRC scripts and I patch software that is too systemd-aware to work without it.