You sound more and more like a troll.

John Hughes writes:
> Having a few files and directories on your disk is a major
> problem? systemd is not running if you're using systemd-shim, it
> just needs the systemd directories

This is a classic fallacy. But each new file in /etc is one more file to
look at and think about when trying to solve a problem.

https://i-msdn.sec.s-msft.com/dynimg/IC97569.gif is somewhat relevant.
Ugly, not? That dialog is the result of allowing many unused little
checkboxes because "what's the cost?".

Arnt