> I do find it funny that people crap all over systemd, but don't seem to have a huge problem with launchd

Because I've never been forced to use launchd. Well, you could say that I've never been forced to use systemd either but that's kinda how it feels when distros swap it out for you and things start depending on it.

Guess what? I'd be furious if the distros I use forced me onto launchd all of a sudden.