Why is everybody so pissed about the U2 download from iTunes?

[fairyqueen]

I don't get it, it's free. You only download it if you want to.

 

[Queersetti]

Because it was automatically put in everyone's purchases, whether we wanted it or not.


And because U2 sucks.

 

[fairyqueen]

So if it was any body but U2 you'd be ok with it?

 

[Queersetti]

So if it was any body but U2 you'd be ok with it?

Clearly not, based on WHAT I JUST SAID.

 

[BotanyBoy]

Not what I herd....I herd they took the liberty of putting their shitty music into all the Iphones. Good thing I don't use those fucking pieces of fuck or I'd be pissed off at that Irish fuck putting his shitty music on my fuckin' Iphone too.

 

[yossi]

If it had been nickelback, Apple hq would have been burnt to the ground.

 

[unregistered]

 

[fairyqueen]

If it had been nickelback, Apple hq would have been burnt to the ground.

Lmao!!!!

 

[bluebell]

Because everyone is over Bono, except Bono.

 

[phrodeau]

It used to be that when you visited a tourist spot, someone would troll the parking lot and slap a sticker on your bumper.

Then people started getting car alarms.

 

[ms_ann_thrope]

My first Compaq came preloaded with Windows ME and a video by Edie Brickell & New Bohemians.

 

[literalwife]

First world problems. Cue the outrage!

 

[BotanyBoy]

First world problems. Cue the outrage!

First world problems? That's when you're bitching about something really good...like pooping in clean water, or mad because your fridge is full of food but nothing to eat.

This is U2 violating peoples phones with their shitty shitty so shitty it's fuckin' offensive and should sue the fuckers for exposing other human beings to their shitty song by putting it on peoples phones.

 

[Lancecastor]

Gift or spam? Only Apple can jump that wall.

I would like some free auto downloads of ron sexsmith, beck, nin, massive attack, matt andersen and ktranada, please.

And the bass gig in u2.... What an easy job!

Sent from my iPhone

 

[pete]

its not a big deal. its probably the smallest, least significant deal in the history of deals.

many of those who rush out to buy a brand new iphone are the type of self-indulgent brats who got a trophy just for showing up, and then bitched to their soccer mom on the minivan ride home that she didn't pack their favorite flavor of juice box.

get your phone, delete the u2, set the ringtone and password, and kindly STFU

 

[Wings]

I would like to nominate Lance's post as truth.


At least it wasn't Coldplay. *shudder*

 

[rosco rathbone]

itunes, lol

 

[Queersetti]

its not a big deal. its probably the smallest, least significant deal in the history of deals.

many of those who rush out to buy a brand new iphone are the type of self-indulgent brats who got a trophy just for showing up, and then bitched to their soccer mom on the minivan ride home that she didn't pack their favorite flavor of juice box.

get your phone, delete the u2, set the ringtone and password, and kindly STFU

You don't actually know what you are talking about do you?

I didn't buy a new phone, so that has nothing to do with it.

I admit, I was the first to bring up the fact that U2 is crap, but that has nothing to do with it either.

What is pertinent is that that album is in my purchased section on my phone, my tablet and my laptop. I've got an old iMac upstairs that hasn't been turned on in years, I suppose that if I turn it on and connect to the internet, I'll have it there as well.

Thousands of people who don't want the album are going to not realize it's there, buy something else, and accidentally download the U2 with it. Of course, those downloads will the be used to tout the "popularity" of the album and further encourage the music industry to try to force feed their unwanted products to the public, whether we want them or not.

Yeah, I've got a problem with that. I guess I'm a brat.

 

[Lancecastor]

Thousands of people who don't want the album are going to not realize it's there, buy something else, and accidentally download the U2 with it. Of course, those downloads will the be used to tout the "popularity" of the album and further encourage the music industry to try to force feed their unwanted products to the public, whether we want them or not.

Yeah, I've got a problem with that. I guess I'm a brat.

Relax, it's just a new distribution model.

One that recognizes the digerati thinks everything online is Free.

This way, at least artists will get paid instead of having their work ripped (off).

And because there is very little under the sun that is truly new....it harkens to the days of artists relying on patrons to fund their works.

I like it.

And it's no different than a Free CD on the cover of NME or in a box of Count Chocula.

 

[pete]

Thousands of people who don't want the album are going to not realize it's there, buy something else, and accidentally download the U2 with it. Of course, those downloads will the be used to tout the "popularity" of the album and further encourage the music industry to try to force feed their unwanted products to the public, whether we want them or not.

so your righteous indignation stems from the business practices of the music industry?
srsly?

and the dozen or so ppl in my circle who've sqawked about this all got new iphones so i made the assumption, my bad.
even so, the point is valid. you don't want to download it, delete it. you bitstream a shit ton of music and some of it you don't want? delete that too. you buy a car and don't like the preset radio stations? change 'em.

if you don't look closely at what you're downloading, whose fault is that?

 

[Ulaven_Demorte]

so your righteous indignation stems from the business practices of the music industry?
srsly?

and the dozen or so ppl in my circle who've sqawked about this all got new iphones so i made the assumption, my bad.
even so, the point is valid. you don't want to download it, delete it. you bitstream a shit ton of music and some of it you don't want? delete that too. you buy a car and don't like the preset radio stations? change 'em.

if you don't look closely at what you're downloading, whose fault is that?

The point is that Apple jammed unwanted music into everyone's iTunes music collection. Giving the OPTION of downloading a free album is different than sticking a shitty album into everyone's collection without consent.

I for one am glad I no longer need or use iTunes.

 

[Lancecastor]

"I got a Free sample of Tide detergent in the mail, so now I hate Tide."

Morons.

 

[pete]

The point is that Apple jammed unwanted music into everyone's iTunes music collection. Giving the OPTION of downloading a free album is different than sticking a shitty album into everyone's collection without consent.

I for one am glad I no longer need or use iTunes.

i could really use about 5 or 6 of zumi's memes right about now, to convey the basic message of "boo-fucking-hoo".

 

[Ulaven_Demorte]

Relax, it's just a new distribution model.

One that recognizes the digerati thinks everything online is Free.

This way, at least artists will get paid instead of having their work ripped (off).

And because there is very little under the sun that is truly new....it harkens to the days of artists relying on patrons to fund their works.

I like it.

And it's no different than a Free CD on the cover of NME or in a box of Count Chocula.

It's a lot different. That shit album is in everyone's iTunes account forever. A complementary CD on a cereal box can simply be thrown away.

 

[JohnnySavage]

Eh... people need something to complain about It's a stress reliever.

You buy any phone or computer and its chock full of crap, so putting some music on there next to the stupid games is no big deal.