Legit answer: yes, it does make it more difficult to read, because it immediately derails my thought process as I get distracted by the lazy writing I'm presented with.
Not relevant. You asserted that the users weren't told about the changes, when we both know they most certainly ignored some notification of said changes, be it via a popup or an email or whatever. How much fun the TOS is to read and parse has nothing to do with this.
Serious Chad move. Props to him!