Dorico works with Kontakt and sound samples, why still use Cubase to produce sound files?

A naïve question (I haven’t used Cubase before). Since Dorico works with Kontakt and sound samples, why people still use Cubase to produce sound files?
For film scores, obviously Cubase is the answer.

Mastering, for one thing. Also, for vertically large projects (big orchestra, for e.g.), when your CPU can’t cope with everything at once, in Cubase (and most DAWs) you can render individual tracks and mix those, lightening the CPU load. That’s not a task you really want to do interactively, best done when the project is complete and ready to deliver.

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