> I'm not sure as others why others feel this is a major change.

Because the phones where available in US and Europe and now they won’t be?

That’s a major change. You can say the company was changing over time, but a move like this is a major change.

I don’t understand how you’d think this wasn’t a major change.

Lots of ebike manufacturers have pulled out of the US, and lots of US ebike manufacturers have gone bankrupt.

It is nice to have a lot of competition for phones.

The contraction of the US market and lots of government interference with tariffs is not good.