It's unrealistic to ask for changes to help a single person but if the change required seems to be small, it's tempting to ask 'why not?'. Perhaps it's not yet small enough at current price and block reward levels.
Anyone who's making a new product is also unlikely to be using uncompressed keys in 2020 anyway.
Can a group of miners be formed if they are interested in doing this not for money but to help out the guy stuck in the transaction but the amount of BTC could be worth 5-10 years of spends for him? I know that this will be against the protocol because some rules may be broken, but can't this happen for ever? Or can this guy be provided help with a soft fork?