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When upstream packages depend on systemd then other distros are forced to adopt systemd, which is a moving target. The goal is for everyone to just use RHEL to avoid the hassle.

E.g. Debian went systemd because they don’t have the resources to fix everything they get from upstream that requires it.

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If that's the case, the strategy isn't working. The big-name non-RHEL distributions (Fedora/SUSE, Debian, Ubuntu, Mint) all run systemd by default. Users would have no reason to think that Red Hat would help them avoid any systemd-related hassle.

As someone using debian, ubuntu and centos - my experience is the Red Hat system has better systemd integration with less issues.

Being the primary developer of important system software does have benefits.

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