They don't. They're throwing up nonsense road blocks to keep Will spinning his wheels. Once you've done weeks of work to comply with their nonsense, they'll throw up another roadblock and tell you you're almost there. Then when they're tired of the game they'll just block the app anyway.

The actual issue is that Nostr doesn't censor. Apple is part of a tiny group of megacorps that believe if they can't have strict control over something, it shouldn't exist.