I always buy snow rated tires. If only for the wet traction(I live in the people’s republik of California)
Two things never ever to skimp on. Tires and Brakes.
Tires, though very complicated composite constructions, are the major connections to the local, Newtonian Laws of Physics.
Those Laws are not subject to Traitor Roberts “Opinions”. They are immediately and equitably enforced.
YMMV