Hey BTCminstrel, thanks so much for such extensive description of your experience. We are very aware of this problem and are trying to improve on helping our users grasp the difference between the extension and Alby (custodial) Account, with user can use (but don't have to) with the extension. It is far from well designed so far.

I have a question for you that might help us - If you could you imagine this experience going smoothly, how would that look like?