Why should blank notation be used in spacing?
So that chord symbols attached to blank items can be taken into account for spacing. So that hidden items could add extra space without appearing, to make room for things that you need to add as graphics or text. But I agree that your situation seems curious.
Why is it that it didn't used to be and now it is?
It seems to me that you should be able to specify whether you want blank notation taken into account for spacing purposes by editing the Layer Options>uncheck Affect Music Spacing. This assumes that you always use the same layer for hidden notation.
Certain things changed in more recent versions, especially staff style definitions. But I have often had things operate differently in an older, imported file, and ended up copying all the music over to MY new template, where all my metatools and staff styles and chord symbols were available to me in the way that I am used to. This may help you. Or not.
Another option, if you are only creating PDFs, then you can safely delete the hidden layers for printing purposes. This means two version of the same file: one for playback, one for printing, but it is at least a workaround.
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