I don’t know that bochur, but in some cases, the long term goal justifies it, because the reality with some boys is that if they feel deprived (justifiable or not) they’ll leave yeshiva.
Had he had a different chinuch from his parents, maybe that wouldn’t have been necessary.
Rav Meir Shapiro zt”l built Chachmei Lublin with the premise that yeshiva bochurim need some degree of gashmius.