Pike with foreknowledge came from Discovery's 2nd season.
I think they wanted to establish T'pring was an adult. Chapel was shown to have feelings for Spock in TOS/TAS and I guess they're using these past stories to establish that.
I enjoy the series, but just as TNG, DS9, VOY, AND ENT was a departure from TOS/TAS, so too is DIS, SNW, PIC a new departure. Lower Decks, despite being a comedy cartoon, probably feels the most like earlier shows somehow.
...in other realms, Roddenberry archives has produced a CGI/deepfake thingamabob -