00:00In the end, BlackBerry was forced to admit defeat and agreed to merge with Apple.
00:04But here's where the story takes a dark turn.
00:06After agreeing to the merger, BlackBerry secretly sabotaged itself
00:10so that Apple would take the blame for its failure.
00:12First, BlackBerry started making wild accusations about Apple,
00:16saying that they were spying on their customers.
00:18It also said that its phones were more secure than Apple's, which was true,
00:21but irrelevant now that it was going to merge with Apple.
00:24To make matters worse, BlackBerry started pulling out of key markets,
00:28like India, where it had been hugely successful.
00:31This was seen as a betrayal by many people, including me.
00:34After all, BlackBerry had been a Canadian company
00:37that had managed to become one of the most successful tech companies in the world.
00:40It had created thousands of jobs and generated billions of dollars in revenue.
00:44But instead of using its success to help others,
00:47BlackBerry chose to sabotage itself and destroy the company that had given it so much.
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