No, it hasn't. Until very recently, their website said "Buy now with 1-Click", minus the new "By placing an order, you're purchasing a content license & agreeing to Kindle's Store Terms of Use." wording underneath it. The process was identical to buying a physical book: you give them money, and you end up with your own physical or electronic copy of it.
Any interpretation of that transaction as anything but a purchase of a copy is delusional. I couldn't care less what their ToS said about it, any more than I'd care what a sign on the wall of a bookstore said.
> No, it hasn't.
Yes, it has. They made it clear right when they launched the store.
> I couldn't care less what their ToS said about it
You're welcome to not care about whatever you feel - your concerns and reality are orthogonal.
This became big news a long time ago:
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2009/jul/17/amazon-ki...