Well if it’s intended, then… I don’t know how I feel about that. Could be good, could be bad. Mostly bad, I think.
In either case… sneaking it in as part of the update that removes the Halloween event? What a weird thing to do. Then again it’d not be the first time an unpopular change was silently included in the game, hoping no-one would notice or whatever the logic is.
Edit:
Added a suggestion to revert this change. If it’s intentional, it’s not a bug… just an unexplained and unwanted change that I suggest reverting: