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I don't think people would complain if it came with the product, just like no one complained about the few tracks that came with Windows 7 (see https://en.m.wik
by striking 7y ago
I don't think people would complain if it came with the product, just like no one complained about the few tracks that came with Windows 7 (see https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ninja_Tuna https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ninja_Tuna).
The problem with the U2 tracks is that 1) they were delivered automatically by surprise and 2) you couldn't refuse them. They were just dropped onto your phone without warning. This is especially egregious when you consider the fact that Apple has been charging an arm and a leg for storage space on phones, so people were left without storage as this album auto downloaded. (see https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2794347/oops-m-sorry-bono-apologises-u2-album-automatically-added-apple-itunes-libraries-iphone-6-launch.html https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2794347/oops...)
Preloads are fine, especially when done tastefully or unobtrusively. Apple didn't do that with the U2 tracks.
- Causality1 7y agoIt was also a reminder that your phone is backdoored by Apple and they can do whatever they please with it and your files. But they never would. But they can.
- sneak 7y agoThere is a pretty big difference between something that autodownloads a list retrieved from a database-backed web service and remote code execution (a “backdoor”).
- Causality1 7y agoOS updates are remote code execution. We trust them because it's in the best financial interest of the company not to abuse them.