I did not say that the state was reversible. If you are trying to say that non-reversibility implies that state cannot be destroyed, we would need more than your TLDR.

The hoop from TL;DR; is that what happens with the simulation hardware has no bearing on the universe defined by the laws of the simulation. Reversibility is just an example. By changing simulation you just choose a different universe to look at.

This would provide comfort to residents of a simulation who still think the self is something other than an illusion.