When you start with compromises like that, the failure is guaranteed, there is no "attempt".

That's like saying tapering off a drug addiction is a compromise compared to going cold turkey.

I agree that food is addictive. Habits we develop around food are some of the strongest habits we have. Which is why a lot of people make radical changes in their diet - think New Year's resolutions - and then give them up entirely because they find their new diet too hard and go back to their old comfortable habits.

If a "revolution in your kitchen" worked for you, good for you! Congratulations!

For other people, changing their dietary habits in a way that lasts a lifetime means building better habits through slow and gradual change.

Especially for people who aren't cooking and eating alone and have to take other people's preferences into account - that is, making changes is necessarily a compromise with the other people in their household. And it's much easier to get your household to agree on smaller, gradual dietary changes then a food revolution.