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Re:Google I/O 2017 by davesque on Wednesday May 17, 2017 @02:14PM (#14361151)
That's kinda my point though. Are there really any non-developers watching this? I don't feel like there are probably many consumers watching since Google just doesn't have the rock-star power that Apple does. Maybe there are tech journalists watching or other similar industry figures, but I don't feel like this presentational style is actually required, on a psychological level, to engage with people like that. In truth, I guess I just enjoy poking fun at the circus of American big-business culture.
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Re:Google I/O 2017 by jldugger on Wednesday May 17, 2017 @04:53PM (#14362692)
It's more to influence journalist to couch their features in human-relatable terms. It's about showing off specific, widely applicable use cases. 'Google launches another photo sharing service' vs 'Google launches Pics, parents can send grandma physical photo albums of their grandkids.'
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Re:Google I/O 2017 by agildehaus on Wednesday May 17, 2017 @04:51PM (#14362678)
Occasionally the media will pick out a couple short segments from these and broadcast them. I think that's the audience.

Also these keynote things are just cheap facsimiles of Stevenotes. Apple's own keynotes have started to slide down to this level of without him.

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Re:Google I/O 2017 by blhack on Wednesday May 17, 2017 @02:24PM (#14361273)
There are currently over 100,000 people watching this, and it is the number one trending thing on youtube.com

I think google has more of the rockstar status than apple does, or even ever did.

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Re:Google I/O 2017 by davesque on Wednesday May 17, 2017 @02:28PM (#14361320)
I'm not sure those two facts unequivocally prove your point.
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