What registry features do you lose doing it this way? a normal registry isn't just serving dumb files is it? It is essentially an API that can find images by ta

What registry features do you lose doing it this way? a normal registry isn't just serving dumb files is it? It is essentially an API that can find images by tags, sha256 etc against a backend. It manages lifecycling of things as they are replaced etc. I imagine you could live without or substitute some of these features but are there any showstoppers?