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The ring gives you a moving attachment point, so a rope or a hook can swing to follow the pull instead of chafing on a fixed edge. A plain plate makes you add a shackle to get the same freedom. If the direction of pull changes, take the ring.
Yes, if it is left loose on a boat or a trailer that vibrates. That is normal and it is also the reason these get bound with a turn of tape or a bit of rubber tube where noise matters. Do not tape it permanently, because trapped water sits in there.
Where the ring passes through the plate. That contact point moves under every load, which polishes away the oxide film and stops it re-forming, so it is the spot to look at when you inspect. A ring that has gone thin or grooved there gets replaced, not nursed along.

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