[Lonthego]

Plus there's like 214 radicals..you memorize those there's no guarantee you'll still be able to read any kanji..but if you instead memorize ~214 kanji you'll be doing very well.
I know the advantage you're talking about by knowing the radicals, but that's also something you pick up passively as you learn more and more kanji, you don't necessarily need to go out of your way to learn the radicals one by one.