[CentOS] Cemtos 7 : Systemd alternatives ?

Reading about systemd, it seems it is not well liked and reminiscent of
Microsoft's "put everything into the Windows Registry" (Win 95 onwards).

Is there a practical alternative to omnipresent, or invasive, systemd ?

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