Typically I say something like: “What would be the advantage of using X instead?” If I’m not entirely sure or fine either way. If I think X is really the way

Typically I say something like: “What would be the advantage of using X instead?” If I’m not entirely sure or fine either way. If I think X is really the way to go I’ll say something like: “Doing X would have these benefits. The benefit of Y is such and such. So X is preferred for …”