Yes it will change. At least I won't be food for professionals and cheaters, because this season sucks just as much as the last one (it's even worse because of TTK and Ash). There are other games that are more valuable at the moment and less focused on making money off people.
A temporary population increase this season won't change anything. With the policy that Respawn is pursuing, in the next seasons we will once again have only "Apex dying" topics and videos.
I'll say it a million times. Respawn and EA is doing everything, absolutely everything, to make the weaker and casual players leave as quickly as possible. And those players make up the largest part of the population.