It will often seem as though it will be faster to use individual elements than to use components, but in the end the time saving almost always goes the other way.

Yes, there is a small learning curve – sending messages has to be mastered, as does the use of variables.

But, messages and variables enable you to simplify your pie dramatically. For example, a radio button component can do all its work with internal code and the scene where you use a set of radio buttons only needs a trigger to know when the selected value has changed. But it does then need overridable variables to manage the selection behaviour.