[2022] Did Paradox just destroy another 2 month long gamesave with another forced update?

Originally posted by ᏒᏋᏖᏒᎧ: I know Paradox fanboys are trying to justify denying reality. & the reality is: there was indeed a small patch in the last 3~4 days, and no it didn't affect my savegame at all

Apologies, but that's not correct. Our most recent update was 1.7.2 on September 29th.