go - Decoding JSON using json.Unmarshal vs json.NewDecoder.Decode

Question

I'm developing an API client where I need to encode a JSON payload on request and decode a JSON body from the response.

I've read the source code from several libraries and from what I have seen, I have basically two possibilities for encoding and decoding a JSON string.

Use json.Unmarshal passing the entire response string

data, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
if err == nil && data != nil {
    err = json.Unmarshal(data, value)
}

or using json.NewDecoder.Decode

err = json.NewDecoder(resp.Body).Decode(value)

In my case, when dealing with HTTP responses that implements io.Reader, the second version seems to be require less code, but since I've seen both I wonder if there is any preference whether I should use a solution rather than the other.

Moreover, the accepted answer from this question says

Please use json.Decoder instead of json.Unmarshal.

but it didn't mention the reason. Should I really avoid using json.Unmarshal?

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