Why is lock screen necessary for steps to coin conversion???

Couple months ago, I remember when lock screen was mandatory for collecting coins. Which was troublesome, but at that point it was okay.

I am NOT fucking okay with this version. They're getting me to turn on lock screen to convert steps to coin. As I write this I have 3000 steps logged, but I can't convert any of it because of this dumb change. 

Admin if you're reading this, please go back to the way it was before where I could collect coins without having lock screen involved. This is just an unnecessary step, and just causes frustration among users like me.