If you want a further analogy, it's like public transit. Which is a better commute: You take Bus A, which then drops you off at the stop for Bus B, at which you

If you want a further analogy, it's like public transit. Which is a better commute: You take Bus A, which then drops you off at the stop for Bus B, at which you have to wait a varying and indeterminate amount of time, because the schedules for Bus A and Bus B are not synchronized; or just taking Bus C, that travels the same route without stopping?