javascript – What is the point of the (?:x) character?

I\’m learning regex in JavaScript, and the (?:x) character or \”non-capturing parentheses\” just doesn\’t make sense to me. If you don\’t want the match to be remembered why not just abandon parentheses altogether? What\’s the advantage of using /(?:x)/ instead of just /x/?

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