I think that is an overstatement. I use systemd but there is legitimate criticism and even a questionable conflict of interest in the creator now working for the competition. People working against the best interest of the community is a real threat that shouldn't simply be ignored. However, so far systemd has worked out alright for me so I can't complain too much but the documentation is still lacking in certain areas and so doing things that are easy to understand with a traditional script based RC can become frustrating when you are trying to figure out the systemd-way to do things.