> that doesn't mean that cron is the solution that needs to accompany us until the heat

Yeah I agree.

> systemd folks haven't exactly been the best when it comes to PR

It's deeper than that. Systemd folks are enemies of Linux. First, it's "fuck your opinion, do as we say" attitude which makes me want to throw away everything that comes from that poisonous well. Second, it's the embrace and extinguish strategy employed by the systemd project. And third, systemd author is up to no good: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46784572