I mean, most of those things may be empty now, but may not always be.
Personally, I'd rather not walk around empty rooms that have just one barrel in them that I know has something in it.
Every time I do find something in a container, it feels like a treat and really massages that part of my brain that likes being rewarded for effort.

I'm more than happy to deal with a hellscape of empty chests if my alternative is four walls with one vase in it.

I don't want to fall to bits 'cos of excess existential thought.