Dude.. Read the Terms and Conditions you agreed to when you clicked "agree" and decided to use a product/service designed and operated by someone else as a business... If you don't like it, operate your own... It's a money making platform, not an inalienable human right...
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U2's Bono Apologizes for Automatic 'Songs of Innocence' Album Download
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Dude.. Read the Terms and Conditions you agreed to when you clicked "agree" and decided to use a product/service designed and operated by someone else as a business... If you don't like it, operate your own... It's a money making platform, not an inalienable human right...
Indeed. I love how many people go on MR because they think other people give a crap about their personal preferences. It would be nice to implement a system to get rid of that garbage to allow room for thoughtful analysis.
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It's an ugly place as it is.
Sounds like you're doing just fine if this is something you consider "a pain in the ass".
Just because something is free doesn't mean it is good or that people automatically want it.
I don't listen this kind of music, so I could care less.
Apple could also have given every iTunes user a $10 gift card or a free album download of choice.
Something tells me that many people have problems with many trivial things!
In the grand context of this whole post, it's about songs... SONGS.. And so many people are up in arms about it. It's not an app. It's not some virus pushed to your devices. It's not some backdoor to your device. It's not stealing your personal information. It's nothing sinister.
So what if it downloaded. Delete it. There was no harm in it, people just blow things out of proportion. It's a free album. If you like it, awesome. If you don't, delete it and get rid of it.
I accept that an app would be a different case and probably deserve the hype, but come on.
So you consider a company involuntarily pushing data you don't want to a device that you own and have paid for to be trivial?
Think about that for a second, very carefully. What kind of precedence does that set?
This is a gate?! Someone hurry up and go make a thread in the iPhone forum!!!!!!!!!!!
If some one does this for realzys...
The way that people are reacting to it, it is considered a gate. I am actually in the lower 0.00000001% of people who actually liked this gift from Apple, so U2-gate is fine by me.
It's in the iTunes preferences. You can disable "Automatic Downloads" for either Music or Apps. I actually never enabled my devices to automatically download anything. Control. I want to be able to manually control what I download, and when I will download it.
For the same exact reason… any friend could theoretically send me to "Gift" me an app. But as long as I don't have Automatic Downloads enabled, then I could always just choose to leave the gift un-downloaded. My choice. My control.
The band who's 2011 tour was the highest grossing revenue of all time, was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and has won more Grammy's than any other artist of all time isn't relevant?
Interesting (and incorrect) position.
A very classy response!
whether one is a U2 fan or not, imagine what someone like Chris Brown or that "Yeezus" narcissist would have said.
whether one is a U2 fan or not, imagine what someone like Chris Brown or that "Yeezus" narcissist would have said.
It would be equally absurd if they did it with an album of children's songs, in my opinion. Anyway, I never said Apple executed a flawless delivery of this gift. Maybe it could have been handled better.
From a logistical standpoint, however, I think it made sense. They wanted to give a gift to all current iTunes customers. Apple said "OK, we have XX million current users," and then negotiated a price with U2 to deliver their new album to those people. If they made it available as a free download - and didn't add it to your account as a purchase, there would have been a surge of new iTunes accounts from people who just wanted the album. Sure, some would stay, but most would never come back.
Did you not read my whole post? Were talking about an album. As I conceded, there would probably be cause for concern if it were an app. Apple asks when you get your new device if you want to download their apps, they don't push them.
Again. An album. The T&C you agreed too probably allows it too.
With this said, I bet many of these people complaining are happy to use torrent sites, which are full of viruses, malware, etc. But don't have a problem with this.
Like I said. An app would be different.
I don't think some will ever be able to win. So now there is too cheap (free) Even though I know hardly anything about U2, where did all the hate come from, I am sure they were more liked just a few years ago.
I think the difference was that Apple actually *purchased* this song for everyone, which triggered the automatic download for those that had that feature turned on (which most would by default, I believe).
The amount of complaining is incredible. It's free music.
I wonder how many people that disapprove of this free gift from Apple have stolen music from artists?
I would delete it, say whatever, and move along with my life instead of whining about it. I actually downloaded snapchat previously, then deleted it after I found it pointless.
As long as you can remove it from your device, whats the big deal. Though I guess people need something to complain about.
I realize they have the power and legal ability to do these things. But they should have been smart enough to not do them. You're right, they're a business. And when they do things their users don't like, that's bad for business.
I would say that if this was a blimp on your radar, you are quite a blessed human being.
Apple gave everyone a gift by *purchasing* the album. You had your device(s) configured to automatically download purchases. It would take 3 minutes of your life to remove the album. I fail to see what justifies getting upset over this.
I think Apple has learned a lesson and they probably won't make this decision again. They want their customers to be happy. That's why they immediately provided a way to remove the album from one's account.
But take a step back... these automatic downloads are in control of end-users already. Isn't the onus on the users to take some responsibility for how they have their devices configured?