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The patterns "I" am made of aren't all stored in my neurons. Some are in the neurons of my friends and family, in official documents, my genome and other places. In scenario B, I'd expect my loved ones to compulsively help me re-identify with my old identity, which would be easy compared to an attempt to make someone of an entirely different gender, age and social security number learn to identify with my old identity.
If you want me to not prefer scenario B over A, change it to remove all of those traces, too.
Hmmmm, do "I" get to experience any of those "traces" of myself if my brain dies? If not, then why would I care that they continue? Call me a hedonist, but all I really care about is what I can experience. Perhaps that is why the idea of wireheading appeals to me....