S1 radiometric correction

thank you for your answer, @lveci!
I agree with you that, as long as something works, there’s no need for removing it from the software.

It makes sense that the normalization checkbox is a kind of relict from NEST but I’m still a bit confused about it:

How does this go along with my findings that processing 2 (normalization) and 3 (calibration) result in exactly the same image?