Wild Knight,
I think you have exposed the truth behind the computer control of Chainsaws with your questions.
The EPA and Governments don't want anything to change to their mandates once the saw leaves the manufacturer until it's useful life is used up. It is all about control, like they try to control everything else in our lives.
The costs involved to reprogram or re-chip a saw could be prohibitive. Would you spend 50% more on a saw just to mod it "your way?" I wouldn't, most won't. Adding another say $300 to a MS441 C-M just don't make sense.
If you like being able to mod your own saw to your own tastes I would suggest begin buying good quality "AS NEW" saws now and put a couple away. If you don't mind the new Obama/World Order saws, it don't matter.
At my age a few more will do it for me, then sit back, have a brew, and watch the change come in....