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Apple’s ‘Free’ Classic Movies Are a Trojan Horse for Ads

Apple just added ‘classic’ movies like The Martian and Arrival to its free ad-supported tier. But this isn’t a gift—it’s a Trojan horse designed to train its premium, ad-averse user base to accept commercials. The generational disconnect over what counts as a ‘classic’ is intentional, and the broken links only prove the real aim is behavioral conditioning, not user generosity.