It's more of an operational preference as to where data resides. Security is rather strong either way, but it really depends on what you want to be able to access outside of your network or share externally.
For me: my file server contains the files I will only need in the office. Operating system ISO files, installers and license keys for software, etc. SharePoint Online is where all of the little files live: forms, receipts, general documents, even my service manuals.
For some of my customers, their proprietary files live on-prem like design files, blueprints, massive analysis results, etc. SharePoint Online contains their documentation, certification reports, employee training docs, contracts or other documents shared with customers.
For most of my customers, the only real access they have to their SharePoint Online tenant is through Microsoft Teams, which is probably the cleanest front end ever developed for SharePoint as it makes provisioning and assigning permissions easy without any IT interaction.
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