All season tires are better if you have damp slushy snow, a common situation in many city areas and on the wet coast. Yes fancy rims take a beating in winter salty conditions, but that is another problem. I've driven many years on snow and have only bumped a curb once, when I was inexperienced in braking on snow. With ABS brakes, which IMO should be required equipment, you'd have to steer into a curb to bump it.
Driving in snow is quite different, drivers need to carefully train themselves each winter, else they should stay off the roads when there is snow and ice.
The big problem is driving far to fast for conditions, I see it every winter, particularly with the first snowfall. No tires will prevent problems if one drives too fast for the conditions.
Snow tires are better on crisp dry snow, that hasn't had salt applied to create slush, an uncommon condition in most NA cities.
They obviously have mainly a dry snow with little slushy salted snow.
I'm very experienced with snow tires, including with studs, and all seasons, but as I say on the west coast we usually go from rain to snow on mid winter drives to our ski hills. Under those common conditions all seasons are best, particularly since one can run into snow in our mountains 10 months of the year.