If like me, you can't stand the pretentious tw@ts known as U2, and would like to get their unwanted album off your iphone, then Apple have set up a way to remove it - see link below;

https://buy.itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZFinance.woa/wa/offerOptOut

You'll need to enter your itunes login details.

Thanks. I don't really use iTunes on my mac but I still wanted it off my account, because U2.

Or just not listen to it.

Pretentious twat and iPhone in the same sentence, there is definite irony there.

An interesting point. A year ago, I'd probably agree (despite being an iphone user since the 3G). But recently is say that Android phone (well, phablet) users are worse these days - the large Samsungs being the worst offenders.

Why did they even force it to be installed on every single device? That's lame.

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Or just not listen to it.

That doesn't exactly work with "Shuffle all music". Atleast I don't appreciate having shit that I didn't ask for added to my account.

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Why did they even force it to be installed on every single device? That's lame.

One of many poor decisions from Apple.

http://www.whoisu2.com/

Not that I agree with what Apple has done but the resulting reaction is hilarious and revelatory at the same time. Modern music illiterate and ignorant nincompoops going hysterical.

What have those people expected giving full control over their music library (moreover permitting automated device synchronization!) to content publisher in the first place? Also what's the point of asking simple poser questions, too lazy to UTFG these days? Hah, busted.

I get the joke, but U2 haven't given anything away for free. I think Apple paid about 100 million (dollars?) to buy enough copies to give them away.

The album was only automatically downloaded into users' libraries if they had...get this...AUTOMATIC DOWNLOADS OF MY PURCHASES selected!

I don't have that on on any of my devices, therefore I had to manually dl it. As far as I'm concerned, if you selected "Automatic downloads" you got what you deserved - it'll download it because Apple GAVE it to you so the system logged it as "purchased" and downloaded it. Simple as.

Quote from tristancliffe :

An interesting point. A year ago, I'd probably agree (despite being an iphone user since the 3G). But recently is say that Android phone (well, phablet) users are worse these days - the large Samsungs being the worst offenders.

Pocket size

Oh, downloading the album now, because why the hell not, the music is half decent.

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Pocket size

Width is critical to the ergonomics of a handheld phone. My iPhone 5 with it's case is just barely small enough that my thumb can cross the whole screen. With some slight hand adjustments I can just touch any apps on the home screen. I imagine that on anything wider you'd have to have a second hand out to reach the far side of the screen.

It's only a few mm difference, but that's massive when you're trying to watch porn with one hand on your dick.

I do not have an iphone...I still use a small phone that can send/receive text messages and phone calls.
I am confused by this uproar about a band giving people a free album?

Is it not just a case of delete the album if you do not like it?

Personally I like the band U2...I do not care about what they are preaching or how pretentious they are...I like the music they make...if it was an essential download and non-deletion on my PC for a PSB album I may have a different opinion... :P

Haters gotta hate.

The vitriol online about this is 'interesting'. "U2 selling out", well, they did that years ago but Apple buy's iTune users a free gift and watch the hate flow.

There's a way to remove it. It's free. U2 isn't Justice Beaver.
TL;DR. Apple should stop being nice to PC users.

iOS 8 is out today for free too. Will the PC fan boys get upset about that as well ?
"Can't be any good if it's free, M$ never give away free O$'s"

Written from my PC

I don't even know what kind of phone I have. Some sort of Samsung touch screen. My wife got us these a couple of years ago.
I dunno. Would they give out a copy of something that was against a person's religious or political or sociological point of view? Of course not. Then why do they think implanting a form of music into the phone the consumer may or most likely may not like be a good thing? Especially when your target market thinks the lead singer is someone that their mom had a School girl's crush on. I wonder what Bono's cut per phone sold is anyways? I bet it got more albums for them sold than whatever it is bands do nowdays.
I dunno... I'm anti-social. If I had a company that geeks were mindlessly bonkers about and hopelessly addicted to, I'd put The Captain and Tenille on it. You'd could probably get their whole catalog for like 15 bucks.

I seriously don't get it, I had to download it manually and it just showed up as purchased. For free its a pretty good album that has a few songs I can mix into my playlist

U2's new album + iphone ......bliss !

we live in good times

p.s it's actually pretty good unlike like their previous two albums

Took me some time to realize that this thread was not a joke...

Quote from -NightFly- :

Took me some time to realize that this thread was not a joke...

It isn't ?

"But Bono said annoying people was simply in keeping with punk rock style, NME reported."

LOLZ, We real punks. YOLO, SWAG,........

"To release U2's album free, Apple paid the band and Universal an unspecified fee as a blanket royalty and committed to a marketing campaign for the band worth up to $100m (NZ$123m), according to several people briefed on the deal, the New York Times said."

As I said, they sold out years ago...........

Oh Bondage! Up Yours!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sl-7RSiRXE
RIP Poly Styrene.
"First band I actually payed to see was X Ray Specs, they were just like this little girl with braces, screaming"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2e_aaoqwZ2Q

And, Never Mind the Buzzcocks......
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=terg_LPT3X0
(I've heard this track somewhere before...)

And, punks who are still performing without huge Apple payouts.
Siouxsie & The Banshees - Helter Skelter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szPQCvJ8MPg
Best cover of a Beatle track ever......

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n96kBt_PsV4
The Fall, what more can be said.

NME's Greatest Track of the last 60 years.
This is a cover, but IMHO, it's better than Joy Divisions. (And I saw New Order perform this live 6 months after Ian Curtis's death)
http://vimeo.com/22193559
Alabama 3, who I saw perfom this in 2012

For those who like U2, here's their 1980 gig in Berlin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbfjoOxwA1I

Kicks off with Gloria, back while they were a good band.

And, as we have an election here this weekend, here are a couple of classics.....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HVogejKx_c
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8frPD7DgqI

Quote from Racer X NZ :

"But Bono said annoying people was simply in keeping with punk rock style, NME reported."

LOLZ, We real punks. YOLO, SWAG,........

"To release U2's album free, Apple paid the band and Universal an unspecified fee as a blanket royalty and committed to a marketing campaign for the band worth up to $100m (NZ$123m), according to several people briefed on the deal, the New York Times said."

As I said, they sold out years ago...........

Oh Bondage! Up Yours!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sl-7RSiRXE
RIP Poly Styrene.
"First band I actually payed to see was X Ray Specs, they were just like this little girl with braces, screaming"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2e_aaoqwZ2Q

And, Never Mind the Buzzcocks......
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=terg_LPT3X0
(I've heard this track somewhere before...)

And, punks who are still performing without huge Apple payouts.
Siouxsie & The Banshees - Helter Skelter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szPQCvJ8MPg
Best cover of a Beatle track ever......

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n96kBt_PsV4
The Fall, what more can be said.

NME's Greatest Track of the last 60 years.
This is a cover, but IMHO, it's better than Joy Divisions. (And I saw New Order perform this live 6 months after Ian Curtis's death)
http://vimeo.com/22193559
Alabama 3, who I saw perfom this in 2012

For those who like U2, here's their 1980 gig in Berlin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbfjoOxwA1I

Kicks off with Gloria, back while they were a good band.

And, as we have an election here this weekend, here are a couple of classics.....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HVogejKx_c
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8frPD7DgqI

You forgot Suicidal Tendencies, Dagnasty, Skate nigs, Millions of Damned Christians and X.