I think it's cute they think Apple cares. This is the same company that refuses to fix a Youtuber with over 5 million subscribers iMac Pro, even at his cost. If Apple doesn't care about that level of bad publicity, they definitely don't care about a change.com petition with less than 100,000 signatures.
The only thing Apple understands is money, unless you stop buying their stuff, they're going to keep treating you like garbage.