It’s loading that content in a different way than it loads content when you’re logged in. The logged-in-way got blocked, but the logged-out-way didn’t.
I just haven't deleted the app for nostalgias' sake or something. I accidentally opened it out of habit the other day and it loaded a page before I backed out of it
No it's the opposite most likely. Typical update procedure for anything of value is to perform a gradual roll out. You want to make sure that if any bugs are present in your major changes you aren't destroying your entire user base at once. You will still see some clients functioning for a few weeks until everyone is finally on the latest version.
Reddit not playing 4D chess and trying to get in your head with conspiracy theories. It's just standard software update procedure.