Is It Better To Get A Bigger Basic Salary Or A Bonus?

Given the same annual salary, is it better to have bonuses or a bigger basic salary?  They have different pros and cons but in the end, I guess it doesn't really matter. What's really important is how we use the money, and not how we receive it.
Given the same annual salary, is it better to have bonuses or a bigger basic salary?

I used to work for a company that gave out bonuses quarterly. Inevitably I'd hear different people express how wonderful that was. I remember all my coworkers would be excited whenever the bonuses were about to be paid out. Including me. Everyone loves bonuses, right?

Eventually though, people would move on to higher paying jobs. Usually those jobs would only have 1 or two bonuses a year, but annually they earned more.

But I always wondered, if everything else was the same, which "method" was best? They have different pros and cons...
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