Actually HLS is an IETF draft [1], but I&#x27;m not sure why Apple never followed through on making it a full standard because it&#x27;s got a ton of clear advantages to traditional streaming technologies. I think it&#x27;s more an issue of other browsers not supporting it, rather than Apple stopping them.<p>1: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;tools.ietf.org&#x2F;html&#x2F;draft-pantos-http-live-streaming-16" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;tools.ietf.org&#x2F;html&#x2F;draft-pantos-http-live-streaming...</a>