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Apple Creates Tool for Users to Delete Unwanted U2 Album
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<U2's latest album is $11.99> "What a ripoff!"
<U2's latest album is free> "U2 sucks... remove this non sense."
Sometimes there's just no winning. I know, I know, nobody should be forced to download such vile music /s
Personally I will give it a listen and only keep songs that I like. Thanks U2 &
<U2's latest album is free> "U2 sucks... remove this non sense."
Sometimes there's just no winning. I know, I know, nobody should be forced to download such vile music /s
Personally I will give it a listen and only keep songs that I like. Thanks U2 &
U2 needed this to work. In this day and age its an act of desparation. Its not a fault of Apple, but they should have given the opportunity for people to download it, rather than making the automatic assumption that every one of the 500 miliion wanted a copy of the album. I was one that didnt. i lost faith in U2 at The Joshua Tree.
A mole, Digging in a hole, Digging up my soul now, Going down, excavation is not good Bono, especially after Broken bottles under childrens feet, Bodies strewn across the dead end street, But I wont heed the battle call, It puts my back up, Puts my back up against the wall
AND ESPECIALLY as they are all dont cheat the artist of their money, when the single of this specific album, is all about getting into The Ramones gig for free.
Too much?
A mole, Digging in a hole, Digging up my soul now, Going down, excavation is not good Bono, especially after Broken bottles under childrens feet, Bodies strewn across the dead end street, But I wont heed the battle call, It puts my back up, Puts my back up against the wall
AND ESPECIALLY as they are all dont cheat the artist of their money, when the single of this specific album, is all about getting into The Ramones gig for free.
Too much?
<U2's latest album is $11.99> "What a ripoff!"
<U2's latest album is free> "U2 sucks... remove this non sense."
Sometimes there's just no winning. I know, I know, nobody should be forced to download such vile music /s
Personally I will give it a listen and only keep songs that I like. Thanks U2 &
I like it, I kept it. Thanks U2 and Apple, from me too
You are ridiculous. Apple does a nice gesture and people go ham on it. I'm not a U2 fan but I appreciate the effort and gift from Apple. Instead of people saying 'Thanks Apple' you got this bozo with his stupid logic.
No, it seems as if there are apple fanboys bending over backwards to ignore the real reason people are complaining.
Do those sugar sachets download a hundred megs to the phone or computer without my permission? Do those sugar sachets sit in the iTunes library and can't be deleted?
Do you see why your analogy might be a poor one?
Shame your upbringing didn't teach you what a straw man argument is. And nice ironic/hypocritical mention of hyperbole there.
As is everything posted on this and every other technology site. Was there a memo that went out saying we were supposed to stop discussing Apple and switch to discussions about inability to get fresh water and basic medical treatment?
Fixed that for you.
Deleted. Good riddance. No, I don't want random music entered into my library, thanks. My music library is a hand selected work of art with 100% perfect metadata that took over 8 years of complete detail and discretion to make. It is really, really, really, really, damn good. Sorry but no.
There isn't a problem then a small(large in this forum) amount of people who like to create problems and blame Apple.
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Why email address? What product or service is your business? If product are you sending me a free computer? If a service do I get free house cleaning for a month? OR do you have Spam soliciting a purchase of a product/service but not actually giving any thing away with no strings attached like Apple?
Doesn't it make more sense to just spread the word about the free album? You simply go to that iTunes album (via banner or whatev), the price says FREE, and you download it if you want to.
Google Play does that just fine and it's easy to understand... temporarily free if you want it, if not, ignore it.
Google Play does that just fine and it's easy to understand... temporarily free if you want it, if not, ignore it.
I *wanted* the album, and it certainly hadn't been downloaded for me. I had to purposely search for a solution, and make a conscious click on the download button. This was on iTunes using Win 7 - I'm not sure about other devices - I'll check my iPod Touch 5G, later.
Nothing wrong with the dislike of an artist and subsequent removal of their work. I bought a cheap 80's album on iTunes, one track is from UB40 - I utterly detest them, so I deleted the track - does that make me ungrateful, odd or spoilt.
Free gifts are nice, just like the 12 days of Christmas - I don't download all of them though - nor do I complain if it's not for me.
I'm 40 and can safely say that the millennials are the worst generation in the history of the USA. Complaining about free music. Complaining about one of the greatest rock bands in the history of music. Just absolutely amazing.
Seriously, if you don't like U2, then there is something wrong with you. This probably explains why you (a millennial) have made so many bad mistakes in life, like being in debt so much. Maybe if you spent less time complaining about getting free music and more time learning some useful skills, then you wouldn't need to sell your organs to pay the rent.
Seriously, if you don't like U2, then there is something wrong with you. This probably explains why you (a millennial) have made so many bad mistakes in life, like being in debt so much. Maybe if you spent less time complaining about getting free music and more time learning some useful skills, then you wouldn't need to sell your organs to pay the rent.
No one downloaded squat until they clicked/touched the cloud icon, for then it is truly downloaded to the device. Anyone saying that the U2 album was downloaded to their devices doesn't know what they are talking about or did the former.
It is not the same as c....ware on newly purchased PC's either. Everyone had an option to download it or not.
I don't think you understand the digital world, somewhat. "Choice" is just a perception.
To all those out there who feel that this junk album forced deep down all of our unwilling throats is some kind of a generous "gesture or gift" are completely out of your minds, seriously! Ever heard of invasive advertisement tactics? If Tim and Bono were really so generous, they should give out 25 + million grants of 30, 000 + dollars to independent artists who create original works every day! Make those grants available weekly and then buy those albums, and give those away for free as promoting hardworking independent artists!!!
Showing props where they ought to be!
LOVE you all so much!
Everyone has different tastes in music. I'm 48 and definitely think U2 is overplayed. I didn't have U2 in my iTunes library before, and now thanks to this tool I don't have to wait until mid-October for the iCloud link to vanish. Oh, I don't like the Beatles either.
As for great music, how about some Men Without Hats?
"And people try to tell me that my head is screwed on wrong,
And I try to remind them that I've known it all along."
I downloaded and enjoyed it... even was actively grateful.
If this place is any indication, that's even more likely to annoy people.