I’m in favor of the change, but I can see why others dislike it.
I wish they’d have quick removal seats for the 3rd row. On my GX and LX they fold and rotate against the wall, if you need even more space a quick release and they come out.
Then you get flat cavernous load space and the performance boost at the cost of an “electric fold flat”.
But people are lazy, even the GX460 has 6” less load height than my GX470 due to the “fold flat seats”.