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My name is Emma, and nobody is bothered if I or someone else corrects them after they call me Emily. They're just apologetic. I said Kamala Harris's name wrong for a long time because I tend to read things instead of listening or watching, so I was familiar with the spelling before I knew how it was pronounced and automatically read it as ka-MAH-la. But if I'm saying it wrong and someone corrects me, there's no reason for me to be annoyed at them just because I was wrong. I can be annoyed at myself, or they can be annoyed at me, but I can't be annoyed at them when I'm the one who got it wrong.
There's a difference between variance (diverse population, different languages and accents, some people literally can't say your name the right way because those sounds don't exist in their language so they basically give you a nickname/variant that they can pronounce) and carelessness (people who can pronounce your name correctly but don't care so they call you something else).