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Both layouts place the ball in line with the rod. The balls-n-sockets on both layouts see the same strain; it is the bolt or stud that has to deal with "leverage".
If you are placing the ball closer to the knuckle, you are changing the geometry. And, you are not putting a nut up there to hold the bolt like you said. Or, you are putting a nut between the knuckle and the joint, keeping the geometry and subjecting the bolt to the same "leverage" as a tie rod end stud, but basically making a neo-tie rod end from what I can tell.
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