Could be argued Nostr has more steps, but I suppose that isn't what is important to users either way.

We have holistically approached the problem set and provided this protocol for the world to use a tool if it needs it. Nostr cannot currently offer credible exit, key management, trustless routing, etc.

We would love to see Nostr use some of our tech, like PKARR, to achieve some interoperability with Pubky and add some of these features! It's totally possible, but these are breaking changes that would need to be coordinated across apps.