I'm going to say something slightly vulgar, because as someone who did their own ebike conversion and is moderately interested in this space: fuck 'em. E-bikes, and by extension bikes in general, are amazing forms of transportation specifically because they're so incredibly repairable using simple-to-acquire tools and skills. Any impingement on the right to repair in the bike space is a pure cash grab from suits that don't understand the space. Bike people have _never_ liked proprietary or unrepairable parts, and this seems like just another case of silicon valley "entrepreneurs" hopping into a space they know nothing about, thinking they can "innovate" their way into dominance with this kind of nonsense.

Fuck. You. You don't deserve to be operating in this space if you don't understand the consumer you're targeting.