Plz halp

How do I convince my buddy that hard mode is the only real mode? Man’s says “I like having soul hearts” and “I like when bosses drop hearts” and “coop babies are not worth the hours of pain and misery” what a soyjack. All the while, not a drop of blood is on his completion pages. I am distraught for this is The Binding Of IsHARD not The Binding of IsEASY.