What this guy is tryna say is monumentally misinformed. Because you can actually learn proper techniques and methods that will dramatically reduce your time training in an actual plane spending $100 an hr. And if you do learn something wrong, its not hard at all to fix. Humans are amazingly adept at learning. Maybe you'll spend 5 hours re-learning something you did wrong, but you'll save 10 hours just understanding the systems. Additionally, stick and rudder skills can absolutely be learned in a sim. Especially if you buy proper controllers. Modern sims, even free ones, are surprisingly accurate for you basic flight maneuvers. Where they fall short is when you push the envelope. Learning to fly a plane in a sim is absolutely fine and you're unlikely to learn any bad habits that are going to significantly increase your training time.

I put in upwards of 1000 hrs in flightsims before I ever flew a real plane. Guess what happened? I learned faster, solo'd sooner, and got my license faster than just about anyone else in my club. If you take it seriously, do things the right way, and study real world material, its way more likely to help than hinder you once you make the switch to real aircraft.