Other than cost, is there an advantage of the grip tape over something like the talon grip that’s made for your specific gun?
Talon Grips is known for making grip material that is cut specifically for particular pistols, to cover grip and frame areas that need better grippiness, and they are good at that. With their pre-cut material, it is easy to apply correctly.
The surface of the Talon material is pretty grippy. Some of the tread tape/safety tape is probably rougher or grippier so you might find it works better than the Talon tape in specific applications. But you would have to make it fit the actual grip by cutting it specifically for the pistol in question.
Skater tape/tread tape is ideal (and cheaper) for use if you want it to cover those locations where it can easily be cut to fit, such as relatively flat areas. For me, it is ideal for use on front straps on CZ's. It would be harder to fit it to areas where there are compound curves.
Link below shows a piece of tread tape on the front strap of
a CZ-75BD - this is the perfect application for it -- easy to fit and get just right. The smaller piece on the back strap was a little harder to fit correctly (because of the curve). The thin G-10 grips are from LOK.
https://imgur.com/a/NAxhKt3