Dear MT lovers, don't be scared that ATs kill MT any time soon. As I undestand in the US MT cars are rare minority, many people just don't know how to drive stick and what clutch is. As the result, driving MT is kinda cool and not for everyone.
Although US is the biggest car market in the world which determines a lot things for most car manufacturers, US is not the entire world. Come to Europe, especially South Europe (Italy, Spain, Greece) and if you find a single AT car after checking every car around you for 1 hour - you are lucky

MT will die but not in the coming decade or two. So, don't bother about what other people choose and enjoy your FR-S/BRZ/86