I believe it is that crazy (in the US) - and that many dealers failed to do it even before it became illegal (remember the 5100S syndrome?). A really good dealer will do it anyway, just not tell about it.
This is of course one of the main reasons that Autotune and the rather silly "strato" engines have became so common, as they earn the brands that use them some leeway regarding their other models, vs. the EPA.
The brands that don't use those systems are in trouble, and it only will get worse. Very restrictive muffler systems may save the situation for a while, at the cost of power, but I doubt it will last long. We have observed Dolmar having trouble with coping with the EPA for almost 10 years now - but I believe there are other brands that are worse off (and it isn't Husky or Stihl). Stihl pays Husky to use variants of their systems, but I don't believe any other brands do that (or are allowed to).
The fact that chainsaws are totally irrelevant regarding the general pollution isn't a factor to the EPA - it only is about making excuses for their own existence. When they no longer could do anything with what really matters, they had to find new scrap-goats to torment.
Sadly the real reason the EPA got involved with small engines in the US was because of the John Deere lobby. JD thought that they had the market cornered on clean 2-stroke engine technology. But after Husky and Stihl rapidly responded with Strato and Xtroq engines, JD bailed out of small engine power tools all together. Most JD dealers around here now sell Stihl and Honda hand power tools. Talk about a full circle bite in the ass.
I do not like any of the strato/xtorq engines myself, and I got rid of all of them except my baby 211 (which is actually a pretty good saw for its size, way better than the 210 was). They are harder to tune, harder to work on, and tend to be cold blooded.
I also got myself a EUROPEAN 361 now. It came in the mail today. A Canuck Arctic
Made in Germany model. It has a faster response than my other Amerikan 361s, though the tad more power is not really that noticeable over my other stock 361. I gave it an EPA limiter-ectomy and a new spark plug, and re-tuned it richer with my E0 super gas and 42:1 oil with a 25 inch bar. It runs like a champ. It is all OEM and stock, he way I like to buy them. I did not
need an arctic saw, let alone another 361, but it was the only way I could get a Euro model 361 w/o paying a ransom importing one from Europe (the Brazilian models have the American engine). I bought it off this site, actually. So now I have a genuine Troll saw.