Nope, people literally did say things like "a certain company in California." But yeah, I'm exaggerating a bit, because the name "Apple" did come up occasionall

Nope, people literally did say things like "a certain company in California." But yeah, I'm exaggerating a bit, because the name "Apple" did come up occasionally. The problem is that when everybody wants to discuss the hot new browser features, mentioning Apple is just a big downer. We all know we're going to have to polyfill at best, or just not support Safari at worst. Nobody wants to be reminded of that sad fact when you're trying to get excited about the potential of the web platform.