An acknowledgment of what? Apple does not owe you anything. You chose to buy their products, with or without the need for dongles. They have allowed feedback and the market to correct this by offering revised products.
Apple doesn't allow any leeway though. It's "my way or the highway" with displays, keyboards, ports, headphone jacks, charging cables, programming languages, API entitlements, app distribution, content integration, graphics API, coreutil versions, package managers and even your goddamn operating system.
If I had room to protest, I would.