Comment by dust42

Linux is nowadays mostly sponsored by big corporations. They have different goals and different ways to do things. Probably the first 10 years Linux was driven by enthusiasts and therefore it was a lean system. Something like systemd is typical corporate output. Due it its complexity it would have died long before finding adoption. But with enterprise money this is possible. Try to develop for the combo Linux Bluetooth/Audio/dbus: the complexity drives you crazy because all this stuff was made for (and financed by) corporate needs of the automotive industry. Simplicity is never a goal in these big companies.

But then Linux wouldn't be where it is without the business side paying for the developers. There is no such thing as a free lunch...