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Frustrating thing is it's hard to escape. It's petty, but one of the most infuriating episodes of my life was Apple forcing that U2 album into everyone iOS owne

by prawn 5y ago

Frustrating thing is it's hard to escape. It's petty, but one of the most infuriating episodes of my life was Apple forcing that U2 album into everyone iOS owner's existence and making it difficult (impossible at the time?) to delete. I'd forgotten all about it until, a couple of phones later, it reappeared as the first song played every time I connected my phone to the car. Petty, like I said, but enraging. Having some basic control over an environment you've paid for should be a given.

salamandersauce 5y ago
I believe it was impossible. You could hide it but even that was a bit tricky to finding. They did eventually come up with a website where you could scrub it from your account. It wasn't even just iOS owners but everybody with an iTunes account.
- kreetx 5y ago
  As per the sibling link to Apple's support it's impossible again to remove it without contacting support. > It sounds like you did some great research on this, and you're right. Customers are no longer able to remove the album on their own. You will need to reach out to Apple Support directly to have the album removed.
projektfu 5y ago
It also had weird cover art which, while artistic, was borderline NSFW and not what I wanted to have pop up every time I got in my car. Apple makes weird decisions sometimes.
- StevePerkins 5y ago
  I finally contacted Apple support to have the album removed, years after the fact, because I switched to Apple Music. And felt nervous about having, in my open floor plan workplace, a shirtless man tenderly caressing another shirtless man's crotch with his face every time I opened the app. There was literally no way to change this default behavior, because Apple are control freaks. As an added kicker, I stressed over it for a couple of weeks first, worried about whether I was being homophobic or not.
  - JohnDeHope 5y ago
    My brother is gay. I have a gay friend. I am not homophobic. But I do not prefer homosexual images myself. I also stress over this. I don't understand why people can't accept that being okay with something, and wanting that thing in your eyes, might be two independent things. My daughter is vegetarian. We always cook her vegetarian food for dinner. Her little brother likes to bug her about it. We tell him not to, because giving people a hard time about their preferences is rude and annoying. But we also make sure that the vegetarian can't get cranky when everybody else is eating real bacon and she's eating vegetarian bacon. That'd be just as rude and annoying. It's called "tolerance", kids. I don't understand how we've entered into this world where we aren't all supposed to try to tolerate (let alone encourage and support) one another, but that tolerance only goes in one direction. That seems very odd to me.
  - Clubber 5y ago
    >As an added kicker, I stressed over it for a couple of weeks first, worried about whether I was being homophobic or not. If you would still feel uncomfortable if it were a photo of man and a woman doing the same thing on your screen in your open office at work, then no. I personally wouldn't want either in my work environment. I have a strong separation of my personal life and work. It's a simple test really, just imagine the reverse and if you feel the same way about a naked man and woman on your desktop at work, then no, you aren't being a homophobe. Though the U2 album has become such a meme, I'm sure people would have a good laugh at Apple over it.
sandworm101 5y ago
That is not petty. An entertainment device that doesnt follow orders, doesnt play what you want it to play, fails its primary function. It should be repaired (good luck) or dumped.
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notreallyserio 5y ago
I had a problem getting my car to recognize my iphone, specifically constant USB "unsupported" errors. It turned out the problem was I had no music loaded on my device. I downloaded that U2 album and like magic the problem was resolved. Thanks Bono!

by prawn 5y ago

salamandersauce 5y ago

I believe it was impossible. You could hide it but even that was a bit tricky to finding. They did eventually come up with a website where you could scrub it from your account. It wasn't even just iOS owners but everybody with an iTunes account.

kreetx 5y ago
As per the sibling link to Apple's support it's impossible again to remove it without contacting support. > It sounds like you did some great research on this, and you're right. Customers are no longer able to remove the album on their own. You will need to reach out to Apple Support directly to have the album removed.

projektfu 5y ago

It also had weird cover art which, while artistic, was borderline NSFW and not what I wanted to have pop up every time I got in my car. Apple makes weird decisions sometimes.

StevePerkins 5y ago
I finally contacted Apple support to have the album removed, years after the fact, because I switched to Apple Music. And felt nervous about having, in my open floor plan workplace, a shirtless man tenderly caressing another shirtless man's crotch with his face every time I opened the app. There was literally no way to change this default behavior, because Apple are control freaks. As an added kicker, I stressed over it for a couple of weeks first, worried about whether I was being homophobic or not.
- JohnDeHope 5y ago
  My brother is gay. I have a gay friend. I am not homophobic. But I do not prefer homosexual images myself. I also stress over this. I don't understand why people can't accept that being okay with something, and wanting that thing in your eyes, might be two independent things. My daughter is vegetarian. We always cook her vegetarian food for dinner. Her little brother likes to bug her about it. We tell him not to, because giving people a hard time about their preferences is rude and annoying. But we also make sure that the vegetarian can't get cranky when everybody else is eating real bacon and she's eating vegetarian bacon. That'd be just as rude and annoying. It's called "tolerance", kids. I don't understand how we've entered into this world where we aren't all supposed to try to tolerate (let alone encourage and support) one another, but that tolerance only goes in one direction. That seems very odd to me.
- Clubber 5y ago
  >As an added kicker, I stressed over it for a couple of weeks first, worried about whether I was being homophobic or not. If you would still feel uncomfortable if it were a photo of man and a woman doing the same thing on your screen in your open office at work, then no. I personally wouldn't want either in my work environment. I have a strong separation of my personal life and work. It's a simple test really, just imagine the reverse and if you feel the same way about a naked man and woman on your desktop at work, then no, you aren't being a homophobe. Though the U2 album has become such a meme, I'm sure people would have a good laugh at Apple over it.

sandworm101 5y ago

That is not petty. An entertainment device that doesnt follow orders, doesnt play what you want it to play, fails its primary function. It should be repaired (good luck) or dumped.

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notreallyserio 5y ago

I had a problem getting my car to recognize my iphone, specifically constant USB "unsupported" errors. It turned out the problem was I had no music loaded on my device. I downloaded that U2 album and like magic the problem was resolved. Thanks Bono!