They have definitely changed stuff because of Mods and Leaks before now. This past update had them change the inventory ID’s for the Silverballer, ICA 19 and Chrome so that can have unique descriptions (or rather, so modders like myself could actually make one, they were merged prior to this update). I didn’t ask them to, and I mentioned it off-handedly.
It surprised me too. Now all we need is Futo to actually be recognised as a Ninja, and then I can die happily.