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The only two excuses for that are technical incompetence or purposefully insular attitude. Edit: Downvotes are fine, but a counterargument would be more welcom

by Zikes 12y ago

The only two excuses for that are technical incompetence or purposefully insular attitude. Edit: Downvotes are fine, but a counterargument would be more welcomed. There are dozens of live streaming services out there now that support every platform available, but Apple always insists on using their own. It backfires every year as the stream is flaky or has audio/video sync issues. If they can't bring themselves to partner with someone else, they could at least devote the resources to fixing their own broken system.

TheGRS 12y ago
If apple is looking to attract newcomers to their platform I think the last thing they should do is totally isolate them simply because they don't own an apple product already.
- Zikes 12y ago
  That's partly my point, but also the notoriously bad quality of the stream can't be doing much to boost the confidence of existing customers. Additionally, being in the middle of a workday, many current Apple users and fans may not have access to an Apple device right now. It just seems like a lose/lose situation all around, but they stubbornly persist.
- organsnyder 12y ago
  A big part of Apple's marketing strategy is to create an entire experience around their brand. If you don't have Apple products, you're on the "outside". This plays perfectly into that strategy.
  - asavadatti 12y ago
    Well in this case having an Apple device doesn't seem to help much.
- droidist2 12y ago
  There's a Safari for Windows though isn't there?
Someone 12y ago
I don't know whether it is a counterargument, but does anybody know how many users want to watch this keynote, relative to other events? The numbers I could find are 1.3 million viewers for this year's Super Bowl, 1.7 million for USA vs Germany in the FIFA World Cup, and 81.000 simultaneous viewers for the Macworld keynote, in 2002 (https://www.apple.com/pr/library/2002/01/09Apple-Delivers-Record-Breaking-Webcast-of-Macworld-Keynote.html https://www.apple.com/pr/library/2002/01/09Apple-Delivers-Re...) I think it is safe to bet that Apple's keynotes have a larger audience nowadays than in 2002, but how large is it? Reading http://www.scribblelive.com/press-release/record-breaking-one-million-viewers-simultaneously-stream-scribblelive-coverage-of-apple-event http://www.scribblelive.com/press-release/record-breaking-on..., I do not rule out that it has more viewers than that Super Bowl stream, which, Google and my own experience tell me, wasn't perfect, either. So, maybe, limiting this to Safari users is their best option. Feel free to improve this speculative line of thought by providing data.

by Zikes 12y ago

TheGRS 12y ago

If apple is looking to attract newcomers to their platform I think the last thing they should do is totally isolate them simply because they don't own an apple product already.

Zikes 12y ago
That's partly my point, but also the notoriously bad quality of the stream can't be doing much to boost the confidence of existing customers. Additionally, being in the middle of a workday, many current Apple users and fans may not have access to an Apple device right now. It just seems like a lose/lose situation all around, but they stubbornly persist.
organsnyder 12y ago
A big part of Apple's marketing strategy is to create an entire experience around their brand. If you don't have Apple products, you're on the "outside". This plays perfectly into that strategy.
- asavadatti 12y ago
  Well in this case having an Apple device doesn't seem to help much.
droidist2 12y ago
There's a Safari for Windows though isn't there?

Someone 12y ago

I don't know whether it is a counterargument, but does anybody know how many users want to watch this keynote, relative to other events? The numbers I could find are 1.3 million viewers for this year's Super Bowl, 1.7 million for USA vs Germany in the FIFA World Cup, and 81.000 simultaneous viewers for the Macworld keynote, in 2002 (https://www.apple.com/pr/library/2002/01/09Apple-Delivers-Record-Breaking-Webcast-of-Macworld-Keynote.html https://www.apple.com/pr/library/2002/01/09Apple-Delivers-Re...) I think it is safe to bet that Apple's keynotes have a larger audience nowadays than in 2002, but how large is it? Reading http://www.scribblelive.com/press-release/record-breaking-one-million-viewers-simultaneously-stream-scribblelive-coverage-of-apple-event http://www.scribblelive.com/press-release/record-breaking-on..., I do not rule out that it has more viewers than that Super Bowl stream, which, Google and my own experience tell me, wasn't perfect, either. So, maybe, limiting this to Safari users is their best option. Feel free to improve this speculative line of thought by providing data.