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Apple Outrages Users By Automatically Installing U2's Album On Their Devices

Posted by samzenpus on from the do-not-want dept.

Zanadou writes "Apple may have succeeded at breaking two records at once with the free release of U2's latest album, titled Songs of Innocence, via iTunes. But now, it looks like it's also on track to become one of the worst music publicity stunts of all time. Users who have opted to download new purchases to their iPhones automatically have found the new U2 album sitting on their phones. But even if iTunes users hadn't chosen automatic downloads, Songs of Innocence will still be displayed as an "iTunes in the Cloud" purchase. That means it will still be shown as part of your music library, even if you delete all the tracks. The only way to make the U2 album go away is to go to your Mac or PC and hide all of your "iTunes in the Cloud" purchases, or to use iTunes to manually hide each track from your purchased items list. Other reactions include rapper Tyler, The Creator saying that having the new U2 album automatically downloaded on his iPhone was like waking up with an STD. Update: 09/16 15:06 GMT by T : Note: Apple has released a fix.

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  1. I feel so dirty... by kwiqsilver · · Score: 3, Funny

    I should take my Mac into the shower to wash away any remaining traces...but that might void the warranty.

  2. First world problems. by mozumder · · Score: 4, Funny

    You'll get over it.

    1. Re:First world problems. by mwvdlee · · Score: 5, Funny

      Complaining about other people having first world problems.... where does that rank?

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    2. Re:First world problems. by Lumpy · · Score: 5, Funny

      Count yourself lucky.... it could have been a nickleback album.

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  3. could have been worse... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    it could have been nickelback....

  4. Also changes sms alert tone by MrKaos · · Score: 3, Funny

    to, Yeah Yeah Yeah!

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  5. STD's by mendax · · Score: 3, Funny

    Other reactions include rapper, Tyler, The Creator, saying that having the new U2 album automatically downloaded on his iPhone was like waking up with a STD.

    Well, given that I listen pretty much exclusively to classical music, finding the new U2 album on my iPhone (if I had one) or on my Mac in iTunes would be more like waking up and seeing that my ex-wife's sister is in bed with me. Ewww....

    But on a serious note, this behavior by Apple is very unpolite, regardless of whether the album is pushed onto one's phone, computer, or cloud account.

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  6. Apple KNOWS what its users want by Centurix · · Score: 3, Funny

    They know that ALL their users are U2 fans. Every. Single. One.

    And from this point on, if someone says they bought an iPhone you can say to their face that they are U2 fans, even if they deny it. Because Apple SAYS they are U2 fans, and to them that is the word of their god.

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