[simosx]

snapd is a service, therefore it requires an init system.

[_emacsomancer_]

So? systemd isn't the only daemon-manager.

[simosx]

Is the question whether snapd require an init, or whether snapd should be packaged to work with more init systems?

[_emacsomancer_]

The point is that a "universal packages for Linux" system shouldn't have a hard dependency on systemd in particular. systemd isn't Linux.