So if someone gave you the clap for free you wouldn't expect an apology? I'm not sure that album is any better.
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U2's Bono Apologizes for Automatic 'Songs of Innocence' Album Download
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So if someone gave you the clap for free you wouldn't expect an apology? I'm not sure that album is any better.
It was only an automatic download if people had configured their devices to automatically download all purchased music. It certainly didn't automatically download to any of my devices.
Nice to see Bono say something.
For those that can't understand the problem, I think for alot of people, the fact that it looked like Apple/U2 doing something on what they consider to be their private property without their permission - crossed a big red line that frankly should have been way obvious this wasn't a good idea to the Execs at Apple and stopped long before it happened.
If they'd just made it a free download (where iTunes users who wanted it looked it up and downloaded it) it would have been a huge success and PR win
Saying that as someone who downloaded it and has several U2 albums from long ago.
For those that can't understand the problem, I think for alot of people, the fact that it looked like Apple/U2 doing something on what they consider to be their private property without their permission - crossed a big red line that frankly should have been way obvious this wasn't a good idea to the Execs at Apple and stopped long before it happened.
If they'd just made it a free download (where iTunes users who wanted it looked it up and downloaded it) it would have been a huge success and PR win
Saying that as someone who downloaded it and has several U2 albums from long ago.
The fact that you were able to tie this U2 download to Obama, proves beyond the slightest doubt that you are completely wrong about everything. Just scrap everything you think and start over-- you've sunk into an intellectual morass you can't escape from without rebooting your mind. Abandon ship.
Exactly. Suppose they were pushing kkk, black panther or la raza propoganda to you. It sets a very bad precident.
You're absolutely right. Something must be done and quickly. It's of dire emergency. If we don't stand up and protest immediately, we're headed for certain doom of having free iPhones, free internet, and omg they might even give us free unlimited calls and texts. We all need to come together and protest now. The alternative is I'd be forced to have more of my hard earned money available for other things.
Grabs pitch forks and hands them out. I will not be forced to live in a world where everything is free. I will rally my brothers and sisters to save the world from ever having such luxuries.
Well, as many have pointed out... it was a choice that you made to have automatic downloads turned on. Every option in settings comes with pro's and con's... and each person is free to choose what settings work best for them. But to choose automatic downloads.... knowing what that entails... and then complain when it happens and saying it is forced... well...
Many of us did not have it appear in our album list. Because of the choice we made. Accept responsibilty.
You see, there you're still missing the point. You still didn't get the HIV for free. You paid to contract... Errr.... I mean receive it. So not a free gift. In your case, you paid for something harmful and life threatening, yet complain about a free gift that was not physically harmful in the least.
If it's unwanted then it's unwanted...free isn't always good but it sucked up bandwidth.
this whole comment thread boils down to this. users had that little box checked: "push all content to my device - i don't want to filter it myself."
boom. end thread.
dun care much about this whole issue, but i just dont like being force to have sth on my phone.
Get a life!
STOP whinging and just delete the bloomin' thing if you don't want it! You don't have to listen to stuff that gets downloaded you know. Some folks are truly stupid and just like to moan about everything!
Bono: stop apologising for a great Album. Many thanks for the "automatic" download.
STOP whinging and just delete the bloomin' thing if you don't want it! You don't have to listen to stuff that gets downloaded you know. Some folks are truly stupid and just like to moan about everything!
Bono: stop apologising for a great Album. Many thanks for the "automatic" download.
So you're essentially complaining about something auto-downloading after you specifically enabled auto-downloading?
Wow, the first pop group to apologise for releasing an album. I love it!
Bono looks like someones geriatric grandfather who dressed up to look like Bono because he believed he was Bono. LOL
The interesting thing with this whole fiasco is that if U2 actually released an absolute killer of an album, a 'number one with a bullet' album, then we would have all been over the moon to have received something so awesome for free.
I mean all U2 had to do was give us a good album that they put their heart into and not some collection of bad, uninspired song ideas that all the record labels rejected.
The album should be renamed to "Songs That Made No Sense"
Bono looks like someones geriatric grandfather who dressed up to look like Bono because he believed he was Bono. LOL
The interesting thing with this whole fiasco is that if U2 actually released an absolute killer of an album, a 'number one with a bullet' album, then we would have all been over the moon to have received something so awesome for free.
I mean all U2 had to do was give us a good album that they put their heart into and not some collection of bad, uninspired song ideas that all the record labels rejected.
The album should be renamed to "Songs That Made No Sense"