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Using containers in DevOps provides a significant advantage through the creation of a consistent application environment across various stages of development and production. This consistency is achieved because containers package an application and all its dependencies together, ensuring that it behaves the same way regardless of where it is deployed. This means that developers can build an application in one environment (like a local machine) and be confident that it will run in the same way in other environments (such as testing, staging, or production).

By eliminating the "it works on my machine" problem, containers facilitate smoother transitions through the development lifecycle, enhance collaboration among teams, and reduce the potential for bugs related to environment discrepancies. Furthermore, this consistency helps in automating deployment processes and improving continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) practices within DevOps.

The other options do not provide advantages in the context of using containers. For instance, an increase in resource consumption contradicts one of the primary benefits of containers, which is their lightweight nature. Similarly, a reduction in application performance and dependency on specific hardware are factors that containers aim to mitigate, promoting efficiency and flexibility rather than limiting performance or hardware compatibility.