They will likely tweak it but very unlikely that they’ll remove it altogether, especially with the upcoming touch screen MacBook Pro.
Companies like Apple typically don’t make reversals quickly (the butterfly keyboard took years to remedy).
They'll do what they always do, it'll be the greatest thing ever just getting minor tweaks for 3-4 releases and then will be superseded by the greatest thing ever.
Your "upcoming" touch MacBook Pro has been a pipe dream of apple consumers for 2 decades now