They main take away of why to buy physical silver is pretty simple, because then you actually own it. Buying SLV is buying a piece of paper that says there's supposed to be silver in a vault somewhere that makes that piece of paper valuable. They can do all sorts of extra manipulation and fudging of the rules when it comes to SLV.
I second this. Here's a good video on the current situation and how it relates to silver - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jq0L5LOqLAU
They main take away of why to buy physical silver is pretty simple, because then you actually own it. Buying SLV is buying a piece of paper that says there's supposed to be silver in a vault somewhere that makes that piece of paper valuable. They can do all sorts of extra manipulation and fudging of the rules when it comes to SLV.