There was probably a case to be made for this stance when systemd was very new and getting shoehorned everywhere but increasingly I don't see the point

I think the issue people took with it was less on technical merit and more about the principle of resisting a change which was occurring too quickly for comfort

it was kneejerk reactionary to begin with and hasn't made any more sense as systemd has improved and received better integration with other software

I do mourn the loss of Upstart though, I thought that was one of Canonical's cooler projects

I also use Void/runit primarily and enjoy it because of its simplicity, it's a nice _exercise_ to run systemd-free but I don't pretend it comes anywhere near the level of capability that systemd provides