Is the curse of the Aztec Gold really that bad overall?

Sure you can’t enjoy certain pleasures like eating and drinking, but being a skeleton sounds pretty cool actually especially since you can use it to attack your enemies in unexpected ways, not to mention you have the advantage in combat of being unable to die. Not sure why Hector Barbosa didn’t use it to his advantage more often really after he discovered he was cursed but he really should have considered it. Especially since he could have used it as an advantage against threats like Davy Jones.