About suffix aliases, shouldn't one resort to file associations instead, and use the corresponding command (possibly with an alias)? It seems weird to have thes

About suffix aliases, shouldn't one resort to file associations instead, and use the corresponding command (possibly with an alias)? It seems weird to have these settings stored in two places, and have inconsistent results when you open from the terminal and from another application (like a file browser). What's the benefit of suffix aliases compared with setting up the associations? You only save two keystrokes if you have a single-letter alias (for xdg-open on linux).