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I mean, more recently there was that whole fiasco where Apple downloaded a new U2 song onto everybody's iPhones and made its users very angry.


The entire album "Songs of Innocence" was forced onto everyone's iPhone, whether they wanted it or not. Apple thought they were doing everyone a favor. When some people deleted it from their iPhones, it came back on its own.

"You're going to listen to this U2 album, and you're going to like it!" -- Tim Apple


Hard to believe it, but that was over a decade ago already.


I logged into my old Apple account for the first time since 2013 yesterday and I was like "Why do I have a U2 album?" and then I was like "Ohhh..."




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