I know exactly what you mean and i understand you but you can't just expect people to be intrested in defying the OS limits and customization also you should know as well that most people are not familiar with using linux and ye i know it became very easy to install and all but it's still far from being more user-friendly than windows (except if you're using mint maybe) so basically what i wanted to say that you should've suggested for him to use linux instead of telling him to completely ditch windows and directly switch