If the automated system leads to less revenue on pictures, that could make Disney rethink things.
People who buy the Memory Maker up front and get too many pictures like this are going to be unhappy.
If the camera box pictures like the ones that we see in this post are the standard, nobody is going to want to pay for them.
While the popularity of a petition arguing to keep photographers at Walt Disney World is the sort of thing Disney certainly might notice, The larger item of importance that could actually have an impact is a financial one.