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In fiction, while writing in English, dialogue is marked by quotation marks.
For other languages, or for other formats, this may be different.

But in English, dialogue is marked by quotation marks.
Using something else is much the same as ending every sentence with a pound symbol rather than a full stop, or using the letter A in place of the letter E.

It is not a matter of style or preference. It is a matter of correct punctuation. Doing otherwise is incorrect, in an absolute sense of the word.