My missing option is: I'm glad my car is a bicycle (yes I know this site is US centric).

Ubuntu was happy to adopt pulseaudio and still uses it. (Yes, I know I'm violating godwin's law)

Initially systemd didn't seem invasive. It was comparable to upstart that it could run initd scripts but preferred daemons to support it native. After that it developed a new dynamics e.g. as GNOME noticed that booting had same problems as session management (initializing, monitoring and shutting down processes) and systemd solved it elegantly (however we know that pottering is part of the GNOME universe). So I would say that you can say the systemd is invasive or hardly justified but not both.

As much as I agree with what you say, I also think it misses the main problem. After Canonical announced that they would switch to Wayland, they could have gotten active in the discussions and development of it. They decided not to (or at least they didn't). Sometimes groups try to work together and then realize that they have different visions or disagree over technical (maybe even political) reasons, that they decide that it would be more efficient to work separate. Google Blink forking from Webkit is a recent example. Canonical however didn't even try.

All real world code sucks. Seriously. Mine, too. It's all a matter of priorities. Writing good code is hard. Writing good code that is constantly changing is almost impossible. Considering the value of the resources (your time) it would be stupid to not except trade-offs. When someone joins the project it gives valuable information where the parts are that are difficult to understand. Improve them by making them clearer and everyone profits.

WTF are you doing on Slashdot then?

YMBNH We don't actually read polls before we vote (or TFA btw).

Assuming Slashdotters took that option only if they have there birthday on the 29th of feb (which is naiv), we could conclude that only 1% of the people who read the poll actually decided to vote.

Fixed it for you. When giving useless information make sure it is accurate.