Yes, the only advantage is that it's exactly like 1.23 but better in many ways, how about that? If the 1.23 community was centered around 1.24 then we'd be complaining about how 1.23 sucks and is outdated, because frankly it is in comparison. The only thing is the whole bit about how hard it is to obtain 1.24 and how disjointed the 1.23 and 1.24 communities are.