Seriously people, logind is at present in charge of handling the likes of laptop lid closure.
It's sure as hell not for me; I still have never booted with systemd. If people choose a distribution in which it does, I wish them luck with that. It probably does solve multiple problems; like I keep saying they are just problems I don't have.
The point is that even if you haven't booted with systemd -- you will. Tge desktop and GUI software of the future will depend on the integration it provides.
It's sure as hell not for me; I still have never booted with systemd. If people choose a distribution in which it does, I wish them luck with that. It probably does solve multiple problems; like I keep saying they are just problems I don't have.