It is easier to write centralized software than decentralized software. So many services are going to cheat and make a “Nostr” client that is centralized. You say this “usually works better” but it is actually subverting the entire point of Nostr, and delivering it into the hands of the government.

Subversive behavior deserves to be treated with contempt. If you aren’t willing to put up with a mild inconvienence for freedom, why not just use Twitter or Facebook at that point? Making a censored and filtered version of “Nostr” is not a tradeoff. At that point, it isn’t Nostr, it is a fraud.