Someone has to do the contrarian thing. I started turning 12 years ago and have used carbide tools exclusively. I was mentored by an old turner who said “ you might as well start easy and quickly and enjoy the process”. Was he ever right. You learn quickly and you don’t spend time learning the art of sharpening. A couple of diamond plates and the carbides can be refreshed if you wish. I’ve turned everything from small spindles, furniture legs, small ornaments to large bowls.
Now that said traditional tools work excellently also and probably better in many situations. And perhaps if I turned for a living or to make money I would use tools that do it faster etc. But otherwise in an hour of instruction you will be turning out spindle pieces and moving from there.