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I agree with all your points, BUT I do think Signal could be slightly less "user-hostile" with the reminders, maybe?
I get annoyed at the pop-ups in my Linux system, too, and all of them are got similarly legitimate reasons. Getting the way of my current task (or worse stealing focus) doesn't ever seem like the "right" way for computers/tools to behave.
How obtrusive are the popups? Are you on iPhone or Android? The pin verify popup is like 20% of the screen at the bottom for me. And it's nearly the same color as the background, so I sometimes don't even notice it. Or at least, I finally see it and think "how long has that been there?"
I agree that some things can probably be scaled back. But wouldn't it be an even worse experience if someone forgot their pin, and thus was unable to access their data?
Android and desktop. I'm no UX designer, so I don't know what the ideal is, but when I'm using the software with a purpose, anything that gets in the way of that purpose is (at best) an annoyance. I'm probably wrong, but I think I'd prefer a passive notification to verify pin / donate / whatever that triggers after/as I leave Signal for something else -- a indicator I'm done with my purpose (albeit flawed; maybe I just need to copy info from FF or whatever.)