Remove the u2 album from itunes that you never asked for. One person wrote, apple owes me a new iphone, because i had to. If you were wondering how much it cost apple to give away a copy of u2s songs of innocence album to every customer, the answer, according the the new york times, is. Apple outrages users by automatically installing u2 album.
We believe every one of us deserves equal access to factbased news and analysis. Assuming every itunes customer downloads the album to just one device, apple has sent well over 50,000 tb of u2 music to customers. We privileged internet and mobile users are bombarded, all day every day, nonstop, with content. Like many itunes users, i was pretty ticked off when i found u2s new album inconspicuously sitting in the purchases section of my iphone following apples big event last week. Turn off automatic downloads and show all music to prevent them from downloading again. Apple has put up instructions to help customers to get rid of the free u2 album it put in their icloud accounts.
There were many complaints about the automatic album download so apple launched a. U2s new album will not be launched as iphone 6 tiein. New u2 album songs of innocence offered as free download. As part of our new show, the 29th floor, jason very persuasively expresses why its so important to delete the free u2 album that apple recently uploaded to customers itunes as part. But that was all dwarfed by the moment when cook brought out u2 to. Apple had an impressive idea for the announcement of the iphone 6, apple watch, and apple pay. The band said that the first single was intended to be every breaking wave.
Cook at the iphone and apple watch event to announce that the songs of. If there is a cloud icon with a down arrow next to each song, then the album hasn. As part of the iphone and apple watch launch, everyone with an itunes account gets a free download of u2s latest album. People manage to complain about free albumsamazing. The album may appear on your iphone or ipad whether you want it or not, a move that apparently is ticking off a number of itunes users. Just follow the mentioned steps to delete the u2 album from your iphone. U2s decision to allow free downloads of songs of innocence was questioned by. But now, it looks like its also on track to become one of the worst music. Heres how to purge your itunes of that horrid u2 album. It is available for free until october when it will be. Ten things to do with an unwanted u2 album music the. As rumored in the days preceding the apples iphone 6 event, u2 made an appearance at the highly anticipated keynote not only to perform, but also to announce that its latest album will be. Apple said it was a gift for any itunes store customers in 119 countries. Not only did the company unveil the iphone 6, the eighth generation of their.
In a surprise move, the irish rock band performed at. How to hide the free u2 album from your itunes library. Apple just put u2s new album in your itunes library and. Songs of innocence is the th studio album by irish rock band u2, released on 9 september.
For many iphone users, this meant that the album also automatically. Not to worry, theres a way around this automatic behavior. Heres a look at the why that happened, and how it affects both parties in the future. Bonos belllike voice and the edges ringing guitar lines were honed to a. It turns out that most of the u2 rumors were true, apple did invite u2 to perform on stage during the iphone 6 event and the bands latest album will be available as a free download to itunes. U2s new album is showing up on your iphone whether you. Bono apologises for u2 album in apple itunes libraries. Another option to get rid of this album is by deleting it from the iphone s own music library. Depending on your icloud setting, u2s latest album might be sitting in the music app, ready to play. U2 s lead singer bono apologized for forcing every itunes user to download the songs of innocence album. Apples itunes giveaway leads to two million downloads. But for those who arent delighted with their gift, here are a few.
U2%u2019s%20bono%20issues%20apology%20for%20automatic%. Not only did the band find out that it cant make the billboard charts by having apple put it on every iphone users itunes account, but it turns out that a bunch of. Apple mustve thought that giving everyone a free u2 album was the cherry on top of this weeks launch of the iphone 6, apple watch and other products. U2s fifth album cemented their status as the greatest rock band to rise out of the 80s. U2s bono issues apology for automatic apple itunes album. The u2 frontman described the move by apple as a drop of megalomania, a touch of generosity. U2 says sorry for automatic download of album to all. Searching for u2 phone on twitter not only gets you countless swearwordladen tweets, with quite a few coming from younger iphone users who seem to have no idea who u2 is, but also. So the company negotiated with rock band u2 to make its new album, songs of. Wondering what it cost apple to give away that u2 album to. Otherwise, the album is most likely still shown, available to download. Bono has apologised for sending his bands album to the libraries of itunes users throughout the world. U2s bono issues apology for automatic apple itunes album download.
If you have itunes match turned on, or have enabled show all music in the music settings. What apple and u2 forgot, though, is that people love the choice to get something for free. Songs of innocence, u2s th album and first in five years, was automatically pushed to over 500 million itunes accounts via the cloud. U2 album songs of innocence is being offered as a free download on itunes the album is the bands first release of new music since 2009. During apples iphoneapple watch event last week, the band u2 took the stage and together with tim cook announced that the bands new album songs of. U2 arent the only victims album downloads on apples itunes store are dwindling. The free download of the bands album was announced and happened virtually simultaneously when u2 performed at the apple iphone launch. Love is bigger than anything in its way u2 x cheat codes. U2 s songs of innocence album pictured was automatically added to ios devices following tuesdays iphone 6 launch event.
Thats nothing to say of the magnificent and relatively ignored no line on the horizon. Ten things to do with an unwanted u2 album apple is giving all its users a free copy of u2s new album, songs of innocence. How to download the songs of innocence album by u2 for free on. Heres how to remove u2s new album from your iphone.
The company made the announcement after the band performed at. If you ever enjoyed u2, ignore the naysayers and get back to listening to the music. Apple is giving away u2s new album, songs of innocence, for free exclusively on its itunes store through oct. Tweet share post apple may have succeeded at breaking two records at once with the free release of u2 s latest album via itunes yesterday. Songs of innocence, for all of the wailing and gnashing of teeth over the forced download, is actually another great effort.
Both apple and u2 have received an unexpected backlash from the itunes giveaway of the bands new album. And thats just about because we cant help you with the alltoobonolooking icon above the music apps artists button. Enable show itunes in the cloud purchases option to see the u2 album. Apples free u2 gift angers many customers cbs news. Why are people mad apple gave them a free u2 album. Because u2s album was distributed via apples icloud, the album is not stored locally on your iphone or ipad. The album, titled songs of innocence, instantly became the largest album release of all time, as apple ceo tim cook announced on stage during the companys iphone 6 event. U2s lead singer bono apologized for forcing every itunes user to download the songs of innocence album. U2 played at an apple event last week that included the unveiling of the iphone makers new smartwatch and updated iphone models. U2 says sorry for automatic download of album to all itunes users. I heard that in honor of the new iphone 6 release, apple is giving u2s new album to every one of its customers. Open the the apple music app and find the u2 songs of innocence album.
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