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IIRC, that used to be the opinion of the Signal project as well, but backups are such a requested feature it looks like they've finally decided to offer it.

If you don't want to back it up, don't back it up.

I'd like to replace all my SMS usage with Signal. I have every text message and photo I've ever sent/received. I want to do the same with Signal.

As an example that I experienced, I wanted a picture that someone took 2 years ago and sent to me on Signal. Since I am a data hoarder, I was able to retrieve it.

perhaps others see it differently