Using Apple Watch Backtrack feature in the background?

Sure, but I am definitely not lost from the moment I start walking. Why do I have to be sort of locked out of the normal watch faces whenever I activate the Backtrack feature just in case I might get lost (but 99% of the time I actually won’t get lost)?

At the very least, the Compass app should only come to the foreground once I tap on ‘Retrace steps’, why does the Compass app have to be in my face before I actually need it? This is the very first implementation of this feature, I am almost sure that Apple will realise over time that it needs some refinement along the lines of my criticism.

Yes, this user-to-user, but it is perfectly normal to ask other users whether what I perceive to be how something works is actually how it works or whether I am missing something, as well as whether my view about how something should work is based on sound logic and general user needs by asking others to challenge my position.

Or in short: I’m not crazy, am I?

Apart from testing the validity of my arguments (by seeing if somebody can show me where I might not have thought things through), my post also helps others that have run into the same issue (if they manage to find my post) that this an actual problem and not just them being stumped and thinking they don’t understand how to use their Watch properly.

An example for is a question of mine I had yesterday as to why my Screen Time was so high on my iPad. I had suspected that when using Split View, the system would add up the usage hours of both apps that were used together in Split View. Google found a Reddit post on this topic that confirmed my suspicion.