systemd(ont)

Because of the ubiquity, nay, monopoly of _systemd_ I always assumed it was miles ahead of other init systems. Nope. I've been using a non-systemd …

Boot speed is meaningless. Having to almost never reboot is everything.
Sleep is your friend.
Sleep doesn’t work well in some environments, like right now my current one using AMD+AMD hardware on EndeavourOS. Therefore I do boot. And couldn’t care less for 10 seconds faster or slower boot times.