Or they'll wait for the initial hissyfit to die down and see what actual sales are like, because if sales remain good, then they'll correctly reason that the "influencer" demographic's tantrums don't actually matter that much.

But what if they have a high Klout score? How can their tantrums not matter?

Back when they went to the unibody design there was a non-pro MacBook with the same design that was quickly replaced by the white shiny plastic one (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacBook#Unibody_aluminum_model). They have "corrected" stumbles/confusion in the MBP line in the past, I don't see why they wouldn't do it again.