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Every way?
Well, apart from simplicity and security I suppose... and networking...
Oh, and storage...
But, before you think I'm arguing with you, I'm not... Containers have their place, VMs also, they are just for different uses.
In this case, I have a NAS, with Immich installed directly on it and I don't have to mess with any abstraction layers... and it all plays nice with the other applications.
Maybe yours is different... but mine is better on bare metal.