Probably true, but Arch being what it is, there’s still the option to install sysvinit or whatever. The question remains - how important is NOT using systemd to the admin in question?

Gentoo, Arch, and their derivatives still exist. How important is a legacy init system to you?

Legal eagle on YouTube and nebula has a recent video on this very subject. Short form? It’s over.

Vote as if there weren’t two full sets of electors insulating you from the actual outcome.

Funny thing is, I did neither of those things the last time I had need to install; the script handled it for me.

Windows is also really good at running kernel-based rootkits disguised as anti cheat. That’s something else Linux can’t do!