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Well, not quite. But close. The illustrious Rene Ritchie, Editor in Chief or our iOS sibling site iMore, pointed out this morning that if you visit Apple's Youtube channel, there are Verizon BlackBerry 10 ads running on it.

Sure enough, I clicked over to Apple's Introducing iPhone 5 video, and upon hitting play was greeted by this Verizon BlackBerry 10 ad. This is pretty funny (to me at least), especially considering Apple is the biggest tech company out there. You'd think for the couple thousand dollars in ad revenue Apple will make off of a video like this one, they would rather just hit the disable ads button on the youtube backend to ensure they save themselves from an embarrassing moment like this one.

Seeing smartphone manufacturers target competitors' platforms online isn't new. For example, right at home here on CrackBerry we've seen plenty of ads for Android phones over the years. In that case though we're a third party site, and a company like BlackBerry can just as easily target their ads here as a company like Samsung or HTC can. A manufacturer allowing it to happen on their own channel is a different story though. That's just a sloppy oversight.

Makes for a fun post here on CrackBerry though! :)

Source: iMore Topics: Verizon BlackBerry 10 Apple Editorial

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BB10 Nooney 1 day ago

First

QuIcKsIlV3r 1 day ago

ugh and see, it's the n00bs that come on here and claim first... learn some manners son... no first posts here!!

BB10 Nooney 1 day ago

meh

Dave79 1 day ago

You're always the first to complain about it - by far more annoying than anyone that post "first". Your condescending tone is super duper annoying.

slagman5 1 day ago

You know what is more annoying than the people who say first and the people who complain about the people who say first? The people who complain about the people who complain about the people who say first... Your condescending tone toward someone else's condescending tone is super super duper annoying. ;-)

SDTRMG 1 day ago

HA!

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kelton 1 day ago

Those who complain about those who complain about those who complain about people who say "First!" are even worse!
(this thread could get even more annoying really fast)

JamesPtheNerd 1 day ago

Uhm.. what he said, times infinity.

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AcADIeN 21 hours ago

Complain inception

BerryRipe 1 day ago

So in all fairness would that make you the most annoying for keeping it going. Oooops or maybe myself for bringing it back up.

slagman5 1 day ago

You for not getting the joke, lol. :-D

00stryder 1 day ago

This made me chuckle.

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Nate650 1 day ago

lol

Carmels 1 day ago

Classic post! LMFAO!

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Fnen90 1 min ago

Hahahahahaha slagman5 !!!!!!!!! You are right!! let them be first and happy.

lycafe 1 day ago

hoanglove8x 1 day ago

Agree! Just stop whining, your comments are more annoying than the First comment. Let it go man.

From Z10 I won from CB

galleon 1 day ago

dum de dum, this is a recording...

BruvvaPete2 1 day ago

I totally agree with quicksilver. It's very annoying. Btw do you know what e.a.d means?

mscloutier 1 day ago

I find the complaints about first much more annoying, lighten up and try relaxing a bit.

peterallcdn 1 day ago

I've been biting my tongue on this for quite awhile now, but really... enough with the complaining about the "first" comments. All you're doing is stretching one "first" comment into many bitching comments.

You already have to scroll past the author's info/post count and past the "more articles..." block, is scrolling a little bit further past the "first" message gonna kill you?? You complain after virtually every "first" post which makes you no better than the person you're complaining about. Let the "first" poster have their moment in the sun, it may be the only thing they have going for them in life.

/end rant

gyubok 1 day ago

Are you mad that you werent the first and some n00b claimed it

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RandyArsenault 1 day ago

I swear Quicksilver, you've been getting angry at people posting first for the longest time and mentioning it. It's amusing, you like seeing new ones just to comment because it bothers you so much. Let people play and have fun with the site, go be miserable somewhere else.

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BruvvaPete2 1 day ago

I don't mind people having fun, but there's a certain amount of etiquette when it comes to posting comments. If you're gonna post first at least contribute by making a comment about the topic at hand.

texazzpete 17 hours ago

So you don't realize that the endless complaints about the 'first' commenters and the long discussion it brews is the biggest distraction from the topic at hand?

BruvvaPete2 16 hours ago

I don't control the comments that come after mine. You may have missed my point.

madx80h 1 day ago

I think he just wants to be first so bad that he rages when someone notices the article before him, lol.

slagman5 1 day ago

I don't really understand how that's "fun" though. Unless you're just dying for attention. But it's fun for us to make fun of it and everyone else involved in the whole ordeal though. Well, at least for me, lol. :-P

BSFA2008 1 day ago

1) Who made YOU the enforcer of the rules?
2) Who made the "no first posts here" rule? You?
3) What's so awful about somebody saying first? It's a little harmless fun.
4) Would you actually like to make a comment that has something to do with the article above?

I was going to ask Kevin if he's ever noticed the tons of android advertisements all over CrackBerry.

Eskibo 1 day ago

Fourth- since this post is just below yours!

arvind1983 1 day ago

So?

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NamelessStar 1 day ago

lol score for BlackBerry

GoJaysGo 1 day ago

Second

iToya 1 day ago

LOL definitely a sloppy oversight. Just imagine after watching the ad and the iPhone presentation a person scratching their head, "So no screen share?"

jrohland 1 day ago

Apple could point out your ditzy assistant can't bother you with work diagrams while on vacation. Yes, I think that is a bad commercial from Verizon.

00stryder 1 day ago

Or... you could just deny the BBM voice call since she was supposed to be on vacation. and since she was in the bed, it's a simple swipe down from the lock screen to put it into bedtime mode (without phone calls on since, again, she was suppose to be on vacation).

As far as carrier-sponsored ads go, I like this commercial from Verizon, it's a lot better than anything AT&T or T-Mobile have put out and it highlights a truly unique feature of BB10.

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BSFA2008 1 day ago

Good points

BB10 Nooney 1 day ago

haha come on Q10! Can't wait to get mine!!

StefanoB 1 day ago

Lol cool!

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playbookdrew 1 day ago

I got the Alicia Keys Keep Moving ad when I clicked the link :)

ibpluto 1 day ago

I get a wind Mobile ad

The_Adventist 1 day ago

When I tried to play the video on the Z10, the video just started playing without showing an ad. My work blocks YouTube so no luck there either.

I'll just have to laugh along with you all who can see it.

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Chris Umiastowski 1 day ago

I'm shocked Apple has ads enabled *period* on their a YouTube channel. Makes no sense. They want people watching their videos, not someone else's.

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BerryWizard 1 day ago

+1 Totally agree, really weird they didnt monopolized the views on their channel, i guest even the big apple have to deal with the giant goggle heads down and "as you wish sir" 's ready lolll

samuelwhatshisface 1 day ago

Doesn't surprise me, in all honesty. They've gone for ad revenue as they always will, been shortsighted (i.e. iPhone 4 external antenna) and been caught off guard. Not saying this won't happen to others, just sayin'

squished18 1 day ago

Seen their stock price lately? They obviously need the cash.

BruvvaPete2 1 day ago

Roflmao...

ylsf 1 day ago

I was thinking the exact same thing... Apple really hurting for revenue that much??

SF71 1 day ago

I don't know Chris, it seems to me it would make sense more for them to support the competitions. I mean look at it this way, it's hard to prove your the best if there is no one to go up against. In my honest opinion, BlackBerry is the only real company going up against Apple. Samsung sells a lot of phones, but the software really is theirs, is it. Windows is in the same boat. So it truly stands to reason to want BlackBerry to succeed and not fail. Then again what do I know, I teach high schoolers. Lol

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thatplaybookguy 1 day ago

SELL LIKE HELL and ban the firsters.

BB10 Nooney 1 day ago

Your time will come

thatplaybookguy 1 day ago

Excuse me? I know my way around the internets. Maybe I should shut your home network off forever!!!

Christophe Piquemal 1 day ago

Try mine if you want babe, I'll try yours afterward ;)

diegonei 1 day ago

Did you know firsters honestly think we complain because we're jealous?

BruvvaPete2 1 day ago

vx1 1 day ago

lol nice hehe :)

SAAq 1 day ago

well, its Google, telling you to buy a Blackberry from Apple channel)

Kevin Michaluk 1 day ago

Lol. You're right! Funny.

birdman_38 1 day ago

Not much different than CrackBerry.com displaying a Telus banner ad for the Galaxy S4 a few days ago. This is such a non-story with a misleading headline.

Kevin Michaluk 1 day ago

Wrong. I addressed this in my article if you read it. It's totally different than buying ads on a third party site. Apple is the manufacturer. They're selling the product. Not disabling the ads is a way big faux pas.

birdman_36 1 day ago

Ok, well technically it's different. I didn't realize you sell ads to companies featuring BlackBerry's competing products for display on CrackBerry. It's a little odd. Kinda like if you're visiting a Chevy truck fan site and an ad for a dealer selling the 2013 Dodge Ram is displayed.

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walnuts1024 1 day ago

The smart choice is to take what you can get when selling ad space. Keeps our favorite site going. At least that's my thought.

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lambique 1 day ago

What's weird is a BB ad on a BB fan site... Waste of money really. Do any of us need to be advertised the z10 or q10?

madx80h 1 day ago

I find advertising "mistakes" like this interesting:)

Yesterday I was watching Wild Things (Columbia Pictures, Sony) via my Crackle (Sony) app downloaded from the PSN Store (Sony) on my PS3 (Sony). And every. single. commercial, was for new Call of Duty DLC EXCLUSIVE to Xbox - which the ad made sure to point out twice per commercial. I laughed or snickered every time:P

ETA, Crackle works great on the PlayBook and Z10 btw!

za_berry 1 day ago

Hillarous,

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Whyareallthegoodnamestaken 1 day ago

Hahahahaha kudos to Verizon.

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DOCTOREVIL8 1 day ago

Excellent Smithers.

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Swigzers71 1 day ago

Hahaha gotta love it

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rhon3g 1 day ago

Cool advertisement. BlackBerry needs more advertisement about new features of BlackBerry 10.

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jwest302 1 day ago

Hahaha that's awesome and funny

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R Field 1 day ago

That's hilarious.

CB10- BlackBerry Z10

QuickDime 1 day ago

This is pretty funny! Will take all the help we can get!

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morganplus8 1 day ago

I'm laughed at that as well!! Nice fine ................ now where is Ashley this morning, anyone??

SCrid2000 1 day ago

Kinda like how there's lots of Android ads here on CrackBerry...

naviwilliams 1 day ago

Forget all that, I just wish the likes of AT&T and T-Mobile would create and promote videos like this one. The carriers are seriously letting down BlackBerry here. I guess that's what you get when you sign a deal with Apple to get the latest iOS device; you're locked in for YEARS!
Anyway, I going off tangent here and starting to lose it...

SF71 1 day ago

Agreed!

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ACarter100 1 day ago

Lol.

MrHomz 1 day ago

"Comments are disabled for this video"

Guess they don't want the likes of us making any remarks, eh??

Fr3lncr 1 day ago

I got no ads whatsoever.

tlm508 1 day ago

Ha ha

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tlm508 1 day ago

Haha

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epark88 1 day ago

Shoot, party's over - ad is gone...

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epark88 1 day ago

Shoot, party's over - ad is gone...

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BoyAndroid 1 day ago

Marketing 101. Glad they thought of it though, a lot of company's don't think to target their opposition channels.

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sibeans 1 day ago

Muahahaha! I do appreciate the marketing efforts in the US from tv to print to online ads. I hope people really take note of BB innovation!

IqWaN 1 day ago

Epic!!!

bambinoitaliano 1 day ago

Mine is Window 8 ad.

SlcCorrado 1 day ago

That's a great commercial. Glad to see it playing before iphone vids... Might give people reason to think :)

sklotz2000 1 day ago

Well... not so fast Kevin! Maybe the ad revenue is needed by Apple. Have you watched their stock prices tumble for the past several months. The way I see it, they need to take any handouts that they can even if it is from the BEST phone maker out there... BlackBerry! :)

pkcable 1 day ago

I see BlackBerry 10 ads all the time at Android Central!

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John Pawling 1 day ago

Bwahaha

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ProjectBrett 1 day ago

Nice

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onvisa 1 day ago

Can we stop saying first, if you have something intelligent to say about the article say it.
First means you read the article or your first to be what?
You can be the judge.

derizzle 1 day ago

Ha ha ha ha... nice going bbry...

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BlackBerry_everything 1 day ago

LOL!

White BlackBerry z10

pmun 1 day ago

Here in Indonesia, we got Samsung Galaxy S4 ads before the video..

route664 1 day ago

the enemy of my enemy is my friend

paulmike83 1 day ago

Way to go Apple, wooo.

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Jimmy Tian 1 day ago

Q10 +1

XboxTimo 1 day ago

Last!

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RP Singh 1 day ago

"We don't want to just make a new phone." I noticed he didn't say "again" or even "anymore now that you're on to us" after that...

Sent from my iPuh-lease-as-IF

tutibreaker 1 day ago

LOL

punbb 1 day ago

Kind of like this story with an ad for an iphone 5 case beside it....

Bikram Kochar 1 day ago

Ha ha.. this is really funny..

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EchuOkan1 1 day ago

That is hilarious! I went to the Site to check it out for myself and, sure enough, the Verizon ad comes right up. Thanks for sharing this.

Mike Mcleod 1 day ago

Great stuff! Maybe someone's trying to tell iPhone fans something lol

koolrosh 1 day ago

The best part is that Verizon is the one paying for this Ad

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chrysaurora 1 day ago

KEVIN !!!!
You shouldn't have pointed it out here! Now, Apple might indeed do something to prevent BB ads from appearing. You ruined it, Kevin. You ruined it! :)

axllebeer 1 day ago

I love it. :)

fidowebhosting 1 day ago

These ads are based on two things, one is your computer cookies and 2 is content of the video. in this case this ad was based on your pc cookies. but Apple should disable the monetizing option in their youtube account.

Tomas Carrillo 1 day ago

I laughed when I saw the video, it is really funny.

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Adrian Pantir 1 day ago

Omg this is pretty funny

Send from my BlackBerry 10 device

Silverfern 1 day ago

I like the bottom left related video part, one is how to attract women and other debates if apple really ever invented anything

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mikelcal 1 day ago

Not to burst anyone's bubble but bit may be more related to Google analytics than BlackBerry actively seeking ad space on a competitors page.

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Michael Parasdas 1 day ago

100+ teehee

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playbookdrew 1 day ago

Just saw a Q10 ad on Sportsnet East :)

djraz_official 1 day ago

Come on guys we all know what goes up must come down. Apple is on its downward spiral. They need the ad revenue and they don't care. It's simple. They advert for BlackBerry because we'll they know a superior product when they see one.

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Ashutosh Shirke 1 day ago

Q10 come soon!!!!!! #qwertylove

macsberries 1 day ago

It's getting tiring about every Crackberry article with someone saying first then someone saying something about someone being first! Well ill be the first to say anything about it last...

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BruvvaPete2 1 day ago

I couldn't find it after clicking on the link. Perhaps it has been removed? I'll check again in a little while.

Gerard Dimailig 1 day ago

t$$ t$$ t$$ yyh t$$ t$ $ t$$

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ErnieH 1 day ago

I don't see the ad now either...

Gotta comment on Rene Ritchie though. He's a class act and always gives BlackBerry its due. So refreshing to have an Apple enthusiast who provides fair and balanced commentary.

arhcangel 1 day ago

Well I just logged on to CB and got a WP ad so... :(

loreburne 1 day ago

Nice one! #applecrumble

jaylysf 1 day ago

Tim Cook reportedly switched to the Q10 for the keyboard.

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npunk42 1 day ago

I have always had a private chuckle when I come to CrackBerry.com and am greeted by a Windows Phone Ad.

MrMousey 1 day ago

This is hilarious! Don't like Apple anyway so good for BlackBerry lol

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freedomx20a 1 day ago

White Z10 with the Black Z10's battery cover. I'd like to see that look. Probably awesome

lambique 1 day ago

Search this site for "Oreo".

steelers80 1 day ago

Iphone sells far more smartphones than BlackBerry...anyone disputing this fact is an idiot...people buy apple for a reason..bb had less than 4% of market share...that is funny to me not this ad

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bldshd 1 day ago

I think most if not all people that say "First " for the first comment do it jus to annoy us f*€k them

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iNeoEon 1 day ago

well, it looks like another nice marketing shot by Apple to me. This "Fuzz" makes people talk about Apple actually, not BlackBerry.

We need tools, not toys.

JAGWIRE 23 hours ago

LOL! Gotta love that. Oh and you guys missed a typo. You said or instead of of in like the first or second sentence... just that excited eh :p

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3_M4N 5 hours ago

Would have been a cooler story if they had hacked and defaced the site with BlackBerry ads. But legit advertising is cool too I guess.

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steelers80 5 hours ago

BlackBerry without its own apps is a tool??? In fact BlackBerry is a toy without any capabilities of its own...stupid android ported apps...other phones are tools and have beaten BlackBerry to death for reason...4% market share for BlackBerry and u are calling it a tool...what a joke

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