Is there a big technical difference between VARBINARY(MAX) and IMAGE data types?

Question

I was reading on internet these statements about SQL Server data types:

1. VARBINARY(MAX) - Binary strings with a variable length

Answer 1

I think that technically they are similar, but it is important to notice the following from the documentation:

ntext, text, and image data types will be removed in a future version of MicrosoftSQL Server. Avoid using these data types in new development work, and plan to modify applications that currently use them. Use nvarchar(max), varchar(max), and varbinary(max) instead.

Fixed and variable-length data types for storing large non-Unicode and Unicode character and >binary data. Unicode data uses the UNICODE UCS-2 character set.