Just an aside, but it may help others who have this issue to share the solution that worked for you

Crazy idea: pay them both more so the public doesn’t have to

Bad time for a typo. Can’t*

Nope, you can backup the chats and import them when installing Signal on the new device

Not commenting on the content, but you should not dismiss an argument because it contains a slippery slope. A slippery slope fallacy is an informal fallacy, meaning it’s existence does not inherently mean an argument is flawed.

The 3 "M"s are not numerical, but indicate characters. For example 01 Jan 2023.

No no, that’s Benedryl Cummerbund