Woodchuck & Angry Orchard are both sweeter (for American taste buds). I prefer the crisp unsweetened apple taste. My former inlaws were orchardists, and one of my favorite treats when we visited was taking apples straight off the trees, putting them in their old wooden press and making fresh apple cider. The taste can't be beat...unless you ferment it a little & make Strongbow.
And yes, you're probably too young to remember New Coke. Read up on it...it was one of the biggest marketing blunders of the late 20th century.
Crystal Pepsi was bad *** though.