Why use dynamic_sidebar() conditionally?

To quote the Codex

The return value should be used to determine whether to display a static sidebar. This ensures that your theme will look good even when the Widgets plug-in is not active.

So essentially you can use is to display other content if the user has not activated any widgets in the sidebar.

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