Well, once a good hydro brake does need to be servicing, it MIGHT take some more effort.
OTOH, a good brake can be bolted on and ignored for years w/o any noticeable deterioration in performance.
IME, bleeding a set of hydros is DIFFERENT rather than worse compared to recabling a set of rim brakes.
And, once you've done a few, usually faster.

It hasn't been about absolute stopping power in years, brake force vs lever effort ratio is the big thing for the immediate ride situation.