That live demo, despite the failures, unexpectedly made Meta much more likable to me than (say) the sterile and cringy prerecorded Apple events, which are just completely off-putting.
Furthermore, look at how the prerecorded Apple Intelligence demo at WWDC 2024 turned out, where more than a year later we still don’t know if and when its most salient features will see the light of day. Whereas with the Meta demo, we can assume that they were reasonably confident it would work on stage, and the failure may really just be due to the flaky wifi at the venue.
Furthermore, look at how the prerecorded Apple Intelligence demo at WWDC 2024 turned out, where more than a year later we still don’t know if and when its most salient features will see the light of day. Whereas with the Meta demo, we can assume that they were reasonably confident it would work on stage, and the failure may really just be due to the flaky wifi at the venue.