Peacock eliminates all its classic films

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So, in case there's a few folks here who may be into classic films, it looks like Peacock eliminated its classic movies section entirely on 1/1/21.

There were several dozen classic films, divided into the "classics" and "westerns" sections, all of which appear to be wiped out completely.

While Peacock usually puts a warning on movies and TV shows that are leaving the service ("X days left to watch"), no such warning appeared on any of the classic movies they eliminated. Since they were all Universal titles which the company owns in perpetuity, and have not been licensed to other streaming services, there seemed to be no logical reason to believe they would be leaving this site anytime in the foreseeable future.

And yes, I have checked both the mobile app and the Apple TV Peacock app, so this issue isn't limited to one platform or another.

I guess they figured enough people will sign on to watch The Office that they don't have to offer a more wide-ranging selection of older movies.