They’re all searching for “solutions” but nobody is creating them. Funny how most of the people complaining about systemd aren’t actually system devs themselves and thus have no clue what they’re talking about.
Nobody (not even GNOME) is actively wanting to force systemd and keep out alternatives, there just aren’t any proper alternatives offering the same kind of functionality and quality.
It looks native and is made to be Plasma Mobile and Plasma Bigscreen friendly. Enough reason for me 🤷 I do not personally like RetroArch’s UI in non-console settings.