Sounds like a dependency. Not a particularly new issue in software.

Yeah, if you want initd support work it on your own , its opensource anyways (and initd is too basic to do any of those advanced features of systemd)

	▲	hnlmorg 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		…or just continue to use SDDM like before. It’s a new piece of software that’s tied to systemd. Existing software is unchanged.

Are there still a lot Linux distros that don't use systemd?