First off, let me say it's great to see a trip report here. Enjoying reading it!
But I also have to say, regarding the part I quoted above...I don't know what any of that means but it sounds like the garbage I deal with at work every day. Technology that is supposed to make things better doesn't work as intended, and we waste more time trying to find a workaround than it would have taken to do it the old way. Why would I want to do that on vacation??