Absolutely on the money. Not even a conspiracy theory, just a conspiracy fact.

It's the same reason they have been removing, banning, or completely altering the old media for "modern audiences".

We've seen it take place in the gaming world already with all the endless remasters removing/changing content, or legacy versions being outright replaced: https://www.fanbyte.com/trending/warcraft-3-classic-owners-are-forced-to-download-reforged-instead

Classic comic books being altered from their original print to censor "uncomfortable" content: https://imgur.com/a/jA6Ntaf

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/walmart-dc-comics-censored-michael-turner-supergirl-wonder-woman/

In movies they're trying to make sure only the "modern", censored version is available digitally: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/06/magazine/the-french-connection-edit-racial-slur.html

Altering classics, removing legacy editions, and region locking content ensures that normies in the West are only fed what the establishment want them to consume.