I was responding to one reason -- which is "running any image on any platform".

> why people prefer containers to VMs for some types of workloads

Sure but there are no magic unicorns underneath, knowing what you get from a technology requires some understanding on how it works. Saying things like "I want very lightweight but also want it to run any image on it" is asking for a trade-off. Or a complicated multi-host cabaility based platform.