They would have gotten better treatment if they had sunk like the Titanic. I assume there would be enough lifeboats for everyone and therefoe they could use them to transfer to other rescue ships. Or do a transfer of passengers at sea.
The Carpathia picked up 700-plus Titanic survivors from their lifeboats in a matter of hours. Four or five hours, and those boats were scattered over a big stretch of water. After the fact, the Captain was given the option of doing a transfer at sea to a larger ship and he declined, saying it would be too traumatic for the survivors. But it would have been possible.
They would have gotten better treatment if they had sunk like the Titanic.
Thank God they didn’t sink. That may have saved future generations another horrible song!