Maivin – religion isn’t a live and let live kinda thing. If you see someone doing something you believe/feel/were taught to be wrong than you absolutely should be asking about it. Maybe the answer is that it is wrong but people can’t help themselves. Or maybe the answer is that if is not wrong but many people are machmir not to. Asking isn’t judging. And he didn’t ask you if you enjoy it, he asked why it’s appropriate. Which you didn’t answer by the way. Wanting to do something doesn’t make it appropriate.
Mesivta aliya – of coarse they do. How can you not see a picture on your phone?