People were greeted by messages like "Access Denied" or a screen that reminded one of analog transmissions from many moons ago.
Here are some tweets of people expressing their frustration.
watching the live apple event except its been hacked by asians as well as people that turned it into a parody of the presentation #fail
-- Aleesha (@mochalife) September 9, 2014 Google & Microsoft must be rolling with laughter at this #FAIL Apple live event. Biggest iPhone announcement in years & it's 1998 video? LOL
-- Not Agent Smith (@notagentsmith) September 9, 2014 The "livestream" from @AppleTV today is @Apple's worst piece of crap since Newton. #fail
-- GreatStoneFace (@GreatStoneFace) September 9, 2014 The live stream is a total fail and embarrassment for Apple. Heads will roll.
-- Don McAllister (@donmcallister) September 9, 2014 How has your experience been like following the live stream? Let us know via the comments.
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