Why use the option "automatically write changes into XMP"?

I normally do not pull in RAW (mainly use JPEG files), to the top my catalog regularlyand do not care about interoperability with the bridge or other programs (I export only to sites Web and hard drive from time to time), so I wonder if by turning the WE option "Automatically write changes into XMP" would be beneficial for me. I've seen a few videos and read some posts recommend to enable this setting, but I'm still a bit confused about what he was going to buy me. Is there a scenario that I'm missing? Thank you.

You are right. If you have a backup of the catalog + photos to the top you have everything you need. So if you're not from customer files or share with colleagues on different systems it would only be useful if you have stopped using Lightroom or if Adobe has changed price and you want to switch to the alternative software or something more recent, and the best is to come in the future.

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