This was posted to the Java project as MC-187243, where it was determined to be working as intended. Therefore, Bedrock is the version that should change
In Bedrock edition, a lodestone compass is a separate item from regular compasses (called lodestonecompass)
In Java edition, a lodestone compass is merely a regular compass with special NBT.
The items should be merged in BE.
(this is a pretty minor disparity)
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This is probably caused by the fix of MCPE-68994
Well, they were still separate items before MCPE-68994 was fixed. You just couldn't access them with commands. Just like suspicious stew in bedrock
I actually like that quite a lot, it's easier to differentiate when a player is holding a actual Lodestone Compass and not just a Compass with Curse of Vanishing, the blueish color also looks quite cool
The problem is, I think, the lack of NBT tags on bedrock edition, which, if they want to fix this disparity, need to be added.