As far a fretted instruments are concerned, its a push. Anything you can get from standard notation can be had in tablature. The problem is tab is non-standard so you see wildly varying quality in terms of including all the information that might be available.Tabs actually predate notation by a few hundred years. Both are simply a means to an end, neither is infallible, whichever gets you to the music most efficiently is best for you.
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