But does that matter to security researchers or the public? No. Apple needs to get their bounty program in order regardless of the reason it's broken.
Ultimately, this blog post is just another example on the already large pile[1][2][3][4][5]
1: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2021/09/three...
2: https://mjtsai.com/blog/2021/07/13/more-trouble-with-the-app...
3: https://medium.com/macoclock/apple-security-bounty-a-persona...
4: https://theevilbit.github.io/posts/experiences_with_asb/
5: https://shail-official.medium.com/accessing-apples-internal-...