I'm saying that, if people keep responding to those less-experienced Linux users who complain init scripts too complex by saying "Quite. Deal with it." like this author (http://www.steven-mcdonald.id.au/ugly.shtml), I fail to see how systemd is gonna fail.

My comment is not about design choices but attitude and sympathy to users. This is not intended as an ad-hominem.

The author seems to think systemd "babysits" its users, but as a user I find systemd "cares" about its users.