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U2's Bono Apologizes for Automatic 'Songs of Innocence' Album Download
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You people just need to relax. It was a free album. if you didn't like it, just don't listen to it. It was U2, not some simpleton artist who sings "b**ch got a p**is" or something equally mindnumbingly idiotic.
People act more offended by something dumb like this than they do about anything important, like the way our country is being led. A free album that I didn't want....oh the humanity!!!! Protest in the streets! Occupy Cupertino!
People act more offended by something dumb like this than they do about anything important, like the way our country is being led. A free album that I didn't want....oh the humanity!!!! Protest in the streets! Occupy Cupertino!
I prefer your idea.
Apple never gets me musically, so I removed the U2 from my library.
Bono didn't give us anything for free. Apple paid U2 100 million dollars. It's not like this was a charity event. It's poor marketing from Apple to gain exclusive iTunes access for a new U2 album....
And it IS annoying to hear U2 come on my shuffled music.
Bono Culpa should be his name. If I recall correctly Bono Culpa took a high profile trip with Paul O'Neill, The know nothing Secretary of Treasury in the Bush Administration (before Paul got canned.)
I want deserve a gift card of $100 paid out of those billions that Apple has to make me feel better.
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May I suggest, Joshua Tree or Rattle and Hum? Both are listen to albums, from first to last track.
But then again, I have fond memories of that time in my life, and that music was part of it.
Pullfocus, I think spectrumfox failed to understand your post here. Also failed to understand the meaning of intent.
Apple's intention was benign (no malice intended), at the worst it was nothing but a marketing gimmick to make them look like a magnanimous or generous company that was giving away a freebie. Did it backfire and did some people take it the wrong way? It seems like it.
But it's waaaaaaaay a stretch to say that what Apple did (and Apple's intentions) were on par with the malicious and now well-known strategically intended actions of the NSA to intentionally spy on and intrude on the privacy rights of American citizens.
The worst I can say about what Apple did? The intention was harmless, the execution was not well thought-out, and to many people it seemed like a boneheaded gimmick. Was it on par with the Evil Liberty-Crushing Malice of the NSA? Well, a conspiracy theorist might say so.
They didn't cheat the charts. Billboard won't count free album downloads towards a band's sale total.
Most people who are concerned about spam, have configured their email to filter it and prevent delivery of said spam. Just as those who are concerned about automatic delivery of apple content could have configured their systems to prevent automatic delivery.
The difference? People have to manually configure their systems to block spam. While the whiners out there manually configured their systems to enable automatically receiving the content that they're complaining about.
In other words, unlike spam, if they had left the default settings in place, they would have never received the content that apparently caused them to have something to complain about. Of course, if they had left the default settings in place, they'd still be unhappy, because they have a inherent need for something to complain about.
DUDE! are you serious???
First off, who's crying? And who said this is the worst thing to happen to me? seems to me you are getting way too emotional about this. Chill.
Secondly...
The angle you are giving to my comments about Apple abusing my trust by putting this lame album in my account - this talk about "inappropriately touching my account", giving it a sexual connotation, is way out of line, and should get you banned. Or at least reported.
Finally, just to explain (once again) something that any mildly intelligent person should get: I didn't ask for a crappy gift from Apple. Apple and I aren't friends. I pay them to give me a service, and I expect them to respect this by not putting music in my library without me asking. That's it.
I'm not interested in receiving handouts or crappy gifts from any company. Personally I'd rather pay for what I want, so I can demand a certain level of service (but perhaps your situation is different).
In any case, I ask you: Is it a gift if someone leaves a box of unwanted crap in your garage (imagine you have one) and leave you to deal with it? (Answer: no, it's not).
But yes, at least we agree on one thing: all you wrote is just your unintelligent opinion.
Cheers.
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Although the album showed up in your iTunes Purchased list, it wasn't downloaded automatically to your device, you had to intentionally download it for it to "waste" memory on your Apple product. You didn't have to give someone your email or get spam or get contacted in anyway for you to receive it, since you had already signed up for an iTunes account. And it cost you zero dollars. And whether you would like them or not, U2 is still a popular band. Tell you guys what, go to any music web site, list your favorite band, and see what the reaction is amongst all the very brave anonymous people. They'll react just like you are reacting here, telling you that you have poor taste in music and asking how can you like such a crappy band. Or you could just delete it and quit turning ant hills into mountains.
I haven't downloaded or listened to to it yet, and as far as I know I haven't heard any of the songs on the radio. I'll listen to it eventually, and if I like it I'll keep it and if I don't I won't.
I haven't downloaded or listened to to it yet, and as far as I know I haven't heard any of the songs on the radio. I'll listen to it eventually, and if I like it I'll keep it and if I don't I won't.
They had to because no one would have downloaded it and then the person who paid them 100 million would have looked like an idiot. I certainly didn't download it and it showed up on my device. I am guessing because I have autodownloads on.
Ok, problem solved. Album now marked up to $20 and given free. There, that help? Seriously, how much does something have to be worth before it's acceptable for it to be free?
Wow. Those Irish popstars messed with the wrong guy's iTunes collection this time. No mercy.
noise? those u2 songs are the NOISE we hear in grocery stores. that's what this music is produced for and actually sold to.
