I'm used to `service` command, so I have muscle memory which `systemd` breaks. The way `systemd` commands are laid out is better, it just messes with `service` command muscle memory.
With initV, issuing many command in sequence to the same service (enable, then start… stop then start… etc) is much quicker and easier as it’s “up-arrow, control-W, type new command. With the systemd option I either need to navigate one word to the left (or more depending on how the shell is configured wrt word separation) before I replace the command, or I need to delete both the command and the service name, and retype more.
It’s not a huge difference but small downgrades in ergonomics add up over time.
A backward step in intuitive CLI usage.
We can be such a fuddy-duddy gray-beards.
Too bad it doesn't have a '--status 2' flag to show the status after two seconds too.
Normally when I'm doing things on the terminal, I do one thing at a time.