Much conspiracy. Could be wrong but I always thought its computationally ineffective to pack so many transactions in one block since the main mining reward is coming from the coinbase
Do you have proof that miners didn't do that? I know you don't, I also question miners (as everyone else) because they showed to not being able to rely on during BTC scaling debate.
Entirely possible, and you're right I wouldn't know. I'd like to think that everyone works towards maximisation of their own profits
