From my understanding, higher ups weren’t pleased with the first season because they wanted something more like 2000s The Batman, but with a teen/younger Batman. Something less BTAS and more marketable and enjoyable to a wide net of younger viewers, and having Batman take on corporate corruption isn’t what they envisioned.

But yeah, season 1 with all the beef with Powers and corporate shenanigans going on was a welcome change of pace for a Batman character.