I am not sure what the answer is here. What you are arguing for will hurt regular users who will lose their digital lives if they lose their passwords.
Signal will be backed-up on iCloud _by default_ and client side will be an issue.
"lose their digital lives" is hyperbolic emotive language. We're talking about a loss of chat history, not the death of people. Lots of people lose their chat histories all the time, it hurts but people get over it.
Signal will be backed-up on iCloud _by default_ and client side will be an issue.