I don't blame people for thinking that something is off after reading the linked blog post. This wouldn't be the first time Google does something like this to OSS that poses some kind of potential threat to their business model (this is also mentioned in the post).
I get that part. I just don't understand how the analogy relates to the programming languages. Maybe it really is just a shitty analogy from someone who doesn't know much about either language.
Most non-systemd users are either contrarians or people who don't want to switch their workflow from some other system that they already know perfectly.
I will always welcome alternative systems on principle alone, but at this point there is not much need for linux "consumers" to consider anything else (unless their distro doesn't ship with systemd of course).
wait... Are you telling me to set DNS redirects on all my local devices? Yeah, that'll work, but why the even...
What do you mean by that? I'm pretty sure people are telling you to run a DNS server and set up entries for any clients you want to regularly connect to.
with only the fd part being the same for all intranets
Missing feature != Inability to customize