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The word "cider" has become frustrating conflated. It can mean apple juice, unpasteurized apple juice, unfiltered (but still pasteurized) apple juice, and some combination thereof.

But "cider" only means fermented apple juice. Lets keep it straight and separate from apple juice.

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Yes I think this is an American thing. In the UK cider is always an alcoholic drink.

Adam Ragusea has a good video on youtube explaining exactly that.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-R41YFcX8e4

No, it has regional meanings, and you cannot assume that 'cider' always means what you say it does. I mean I too would have liked to have kept the original meaning of 'hacker' but alas, such is the nature of language.

It's like the reginal words for soft drink. Soda, pop or coke: https://www.businessinsider.com/soda-pop-coke-map-2018-10

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