This is a fantastic question!
Pro: actors protect all their state!
Con: all input and output to the actor must be Sendable *and* async too!
Those cons are huge. And you often don't need to protect state so granularly anyways. I often reach for actors last, and only when I have a clear idea of why I need it.
https://mastodon.social/@maxmelzer/112089570951772375
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