So what's the point of spending months and months and months of your time just to shut down your project when it could possibly be worked out for several $100? Is the situation that the authors have a lot of time and no money? Could we get the project some money if that's the case? Apps like this are so important. Every year they become more critical.

And I would like if someone could please confirm is this related to literal code problems or systemic problems with Apple and Google?

It seems that you still haven't realized the gigantic hole in your arguments even after I already pointed them out.

If you don't know what open source software is or how projects are typically run (including where the funding, if any, comes from), educate yourself before posting meaningless texts in a forum.