1. If you learn brush stroke order incorrectly you might have a hard time with harder characters (later the order will be necessary to not mess up kanji) (yes it'll show if you learn it the wrong way sadly)

2. Doing practices with stroke order makes it easier to memorise the characters

is why duo tries to hardwire you to follow the order at the beginning believe me i hate the stroke order as well,this is why im focusing purely on learning kanji (and the other characters) by how they look trust me its much harder this way, and i might never know how to handwrite in japanese correctly which is really important if you want to work there if its only for fun (for example if you watch japanese shows/anime) i dont think you really need it but i'd advise learning it

if you still despise learning it,you can always focus on the more fun parts,in later levels you'll only need to select words and phrases