I agree that an advanced option to disable PIN reminder prompts would be nice, but I understand and respect the Signal team for focusing on more important things. I can live with a 5 second prompt every 2 weeks.
Signal's challenge is to build features that other apps already have but in a way that respects their users' privacy. They make their share of mistakes but I'm deeply grateful for what they do and try not to lose sight of the important stuff.
Sure, that doesn't mean there is/was no better way to make this change. To provide more options for users, etc.
I'm simply saying that the PIN prompt worked for me over the last months (I successfully memorized it), and now with the new UI it prompted me to fill it with Keepass for Android. (And that's how I found the old PIN in Keepass.)