Growing from seed gives a taproot and hybrid vigour that a rooted cutting never matches, and seed plants are the bigger, healthier ones in a mixed tent. Clones win on predictability and on skipping the sexing stage, but they carry every pest and virus the mother had. My rule after years is fresh THC seeds for any line I care about and clones only from my own tested mothers, which matches the advice on
https://potentthcseeds.com about not importing unknown cuts. Convenience is how viroids get into a clean room.