Depends which ACMI operator. Some are decidedly better than others.

There are advantages to staying with an ACMI operator, too. You may be able to get in on the lower rungs of the rat race at American or United or Delta, which may put you in the perfect position to be furloughed. While others were reducing in numbers during Covid, the ACMI field was working its tail off with record profits.

Some find cargo flying to be far more suitable than passenger flying, and the two best paying operators in the world aren't passenger legacies.

ACMI flying with home basing is much better, in my opinion, than commuting. I can't think I've ever met a soul that enjoyed commuting.