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.
Can I use Lennart's inability to buy a properly sized polo as a reason why systemd is bad?
Yeah. The guy has an ugly website. But he has specific points about mistakes that systemd didn't learn from and is repeating. Did he list 'it's too user friendly' as one of those mistakes? In fact, one of his core arguments is that there will actually be an increase in complexity and reduction in user friendliness due to design choices that have been made.