I agree completely.
I started with a single stage press 38 years ago, but it was the norm at the time. Now I use my Dillon 550B or a hand press, and nothing in between, even though I still own my single stage bench mounted press.
The 550B can be used as a single stage press, as a turret press or as a progressive press, and you'll never out grow it and I'd recommend it long before I'd ever recommend a single stage bench mounted press, or a turret press.
But for just getting started, a hand press is very hard to beat. It's inexpensive, it does't take up much space, it will handle everything you need to do, short of .50 BMG, case forming, and full length resizing of large bore magnum rifle rounds, it is more than enough tool.
I use a hand press on small volume reloading jobs where it's not worth the time to set up my Dillon. For example I reload .243 for a nephew, and it ends up being 20 rounds at a time, at most. Full length resizing with a hand press is not an issue.