I think it depends on how complex your shape is.
Very likely you will be using a small ball nose cutter. I can imagine some profiles which would require the cutter to do an undercut, which is not possib le when the the spindle and fourth axis are centerd. However if the fourth axis can move away from the center of the spindle the tool can approach from a different angle.
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