All of these complaints correspond to deliberate tradeoffs, and while they are correct, the negatives are entirely kffset by the positives.
Doing too much? Well it does a lot, but it does it in one place instead of having each daemon or script do it in their own peculiar, non standard way.
Complexity? The configuration files are deterministic, regular, well documented. Contrast with init scripts.
Reinventing the wheel? Well the old wheel was not quite fit for purpose any more. Gradual evolution only gets you so far, sometimes you do need a clean break even though most clean breaks end up being a failure.
Compatibility with BSD? You may care, I just don't. Not saying it's wrong to care about it, but it's irrelevant for most users.
Doing too much? Well it does a lot, but it does it in one place instead of having each daemon or script do it in their own peculiar, non standard way.
Complexity? The configuration files are deterministic, regular, well documented. Contrast with init scripts.
Reinventing the wheel? Well the old wheel was not quite fit for purpose any more. Gradual evolution only gets you so far, sometimes you do need a clean break even though most clean breaks end up being a failure.
Compatibility with BSD? You may care, I just don't. Not saying it's wrong to care about it, but it's irrelevant for most users.