I work for a very large software company as a UX designer (have done for the past 30 years) there is no doubt in my mind that many of the changes have been made to intentionally to make the information more confusing. Yes it is in their interest to do so.
At one point I worked for a financial institution and was asked to come up with ways to nudge users in certain directions. I know it happens and these changes are exactly of this type.