You're turning "these systems work so incredibly shit that we must know everything about it to work it" into something positive while dismissing the state we had before systemd. And regarding learning, it seems people are still willing to use and work in the Linux ecosystem even after systemd and Kubernetes and other high level abstractions that makes utilizing computers easier.
I think using the description "mindless drone" for someone using a device is better left off this and any HN communication as I assume 99% of readers use a mobile phone daily.
I still don't use systemd and this year I stopped using openrc too. Now I'm using only sysvinit. It was very very educational and I even reported bugs in sysvinit, some of them were there for over 20 years.
The people you are attracting to Linux are not the kind of people that will improve it in any way. As Linux is free (well, most distros), you won't even see any extra money. Only idiotic bug reports will increse. "Interent isn't working!!!111 FIX IT NOWWW!!!111"
You're not even attracting competent sysadmins. You'll have more security breaches, more automated hacking (because without manually-written scripts, all systems behave predictably the same), more costly fixes (because consultants that still know the job are expensive).
Mobile users that feel offended users may vote me down, I don't mind, but you know the type of users I was referring to.