I understand you don’t and that’s fair enough, but simmer down a bit
I hung my hard drive from my rear view mirror. Looks pretty cool as a personal item on display but nobody I know can listen to the music that's on it - and, for fucks sake, nobody should dare disagree with my decision when I ask for opinions on a public forum.
My opinion is yours to adopt or discard. If my opinion is too hostile for you, you're looking for an echo chamber, and not discussion.
Not doubting that pushy idiots are going to pushy idiot, but I think you've strawmanned the actual reason hard enough.
Most people who want it back don't need, want, or understand why secure messaging exists.
Here's the simple facts:
SMS is not secure, or private.
Signal is for secure, private comms.
As mildly inconvenient as it is, Signal explained their reasoning in great detail, and I happen to agree: There should never have been an insecure option on a secure messaging app.