A nice tip, just in case U2 is not your cup of tea.
18 thoughts on “How to hide the free U2 album from your iTunes library”
The album’s good. I’ll have to listen to it more to figure out what tracks I really like, and which one will eventually make me stop listening to the album…
But I love the sound of The Miracle. 🙂
(Of course, anyone’s welcome to dislike it. People have different taste, after all.)
That’s good information. I personally like U2 and this album seems pretty good. Like Steven, I’ll have to listen a few more time and rate the songs.
I do have some other music that I’d like to hide though. I thought that there was a way to do it, but I’ve been too lazy to look. Thanks for this tip.
It should not have been added without our consent in the first place. Regardless of your opinion of U2 this is a violation on Apple’s part. This was decidedly un-Apple-like.
Exactly. I do not want this crap.
I’ve never seen so many people complain about something free that changes their life is absolutely no way at all. They were just trying to be nice and make it as easy as possible to get the album. I’m not a U2 fan and I’ll never listen to this album but there’s no reason to be mad about free music.
Violation? Wow. It does not occupy a single Bit on your devices, if you decide not to download it, and for most people it will just be another album they will never listen to again, chances are you have dozens of those.
Other than the free shit I have in my physical mailbox every day, I do not even have to dispose this properly.
A violation of what? I’m shocked at how many people are screaming, whining and complaining about this.
A group of people worked really hard to create a piece of art, then another group of people thought it would be a cool idea to buy it and give it away as a gift to millions of people. What a bunch of jerks.
I think the complaint is solely about it appearing in their UI without their participation or consent.
(I don’t think anyone would be upset at all if it was in the store with a “get me for free!” button.
But people are absurdly [and gloriously!] protective of their UI/UX.
I doubt I’ll listen to it – I haven’t cared about a U2 song since Achtung Baby… but I can still sort of understand annoyance about “this music I didn’t ask for cluttering up my library!”)
A violation of the sanctity of their personal music library (see above comment).
They’re not upset that “it’s free music!” – they’re upset about it appearing in their library without their participation or consent.
(Thought experiment: Imagine a hundred free albums you don’t even care about appearing in your Library tomorrow, cluttering it up and quite possibly being automatically downloaded, depending on your settings.
Just because it’s free doesn’t mean it’s welcome when it’s shoved in your face.
I mean, that’s not my personal reaction, but I comprehend it.)
I think the biggest problem is that a lot of people thought their iTunes accounts were hacked, and that someone bought the album using their credit cards. Apple clearly dropped the ball on this; there should have been instant notification. Instead, Apple sent out emails more than 24 hours later informing people of it.
I’m sure most of The Loop’s readers knew about this, either by watching the keynote or reading about it, but there are 500,000 accounts out there.
So you are fine with spam? Hey, its free after all. Plus its easy enough to delete if you don’t find it useful.
As far as I know, I didn’t consent to someone unilaterally putting shitty music in my library, whether its free or not. What’s next? The Beebs deciding to put some of his shitfest in my library, in a effort to rekindle having a music career and not just being a miscreant.
I certainly hope someone bestows upon you a full set of Yoko Ono “treasures” for your listening, um, pleasure.
Oh, please go ahead. I won’t listen to them, yet my life will continue with only slight impact: I will be amused at it.
But there was no receipt, either. Do people really check in the store (because I didn’t get it on any of my devices) to see if any new albums appear? Or is there some other way they were notified they got it?
I think the reaction is way overboard. But it would have been appropriate in tone had it been Justin Bieber’s “Ooh baby baby” or whatever album made him famous.
That would be grounds for a class action lawsuit. (Or maybe classless action?)
It could have been much worse: They could have forced a Red Hot Chili Pepper’s album on us.
It’s latter-day U2. I’m okay with it. I’d much rather it was new material from The Police, though.
Spam is the best way to describe it. when did Apple get into the junk-mail business?
The album’s good. I’ll have to listen to it more to figure out what tracks I really like, and which one will eventually make me stop listening to the album…
But I love the sound of The Miracle. 🙂
(Of course, anyone’s welcome to dislike it. People have different taste, after all.)
That’s good information. I personally like U2 and this album seems pretty good. Like Steven, I’ll have to listen a few more time and rate the songs.
I do have some other music that I’d like to hide though. I thought that there was a way to do it, but I’ve been too lazy to look. Thanks for this tip.
It should not have been added without our consent in the first place. Regardless of your opinion of U2 this is a violation on Apple’s part. This was decidedly un-Apple-like.
Exactly. I do not want this crap.
I’ve never seen so many people complain about something free that changes their life is absolutely no way at all. They were just trying to be nice and make it as easy as possible to get the album. I’m not a U2 fan and I’ll never listen to this album but there’s no reason to be mad about free music.
Violation? Wow. It does not occupy a single Bit on your devices, if you decide not to download it, and for most people it will just be another album they will never listen to again, chances are you have dozens of those.
Other than the free shit I have in my physical mailbox every day, I do not even have to dispose this properly.
A violation of what? I’m shocked at how many people are screaming, whining and complaining about this.
A group of people worked really hard to create a piece of art, then another group of people thought it would be a cool idea to buy it and give it away as a gift to millions of people. What a bunch of jerks.
I think the complaint is solely about it appearing in their UI without their participation or consent.
(I don’t think anyone would be upset at all if it was in the store with a “get me for free!” button.
But people are absurdly [and gloriously!] protective of their UI/UX.
I doubt I’ll listen to it – I haven’t cared about a U2 song since Achtung Baby… but I can still sort of understand annoyance about “this music I didn’t ask for cluttering up my library!”)
A violation of the sanctity of their personal music library (see above comment).
They’re not upset that “it’s free music!” – they’re upset about it appearing in their library without their participation or consent.
(Thought experiment: Imagine a hundred free albums you don’t even care about appearing in your Library tomorrow, cluttering it up and quite possibly being automatically downloaded, depending on your settings.
Just because it’s free doesn’t mean it’s welcome when it’s shoved in your face.
I mean, that’s not my personal reaction, but I comprehend it.)
I think the biggest problem is that a lot of people thought their iTunes accounts were hacked, and that someone bought the album using their credit cards. Apple clearly dropped the ball on this; there should have been instant notification. Instead, Apple sent out emails more than 24 hours later informing people of it.
I’m sure most of The Loop’s readers knew about this, either by watching the keynote or reading about it, but there are 500,000 accounts out there.
So you are fine with spam? Hey, its free after all. Plus its easy enough to delete if you don’t find it useful.
As far as I know, I didn’t consent to someone unilaterally putting shitty music in my library, whether its free or not. What’s next? The Beebs deciding to put some of his shitfest in my library, in a effort to rekindle having a music career and not just being a miscreant.
I certainly hope someone bestows upon you a full set of Yoko Ono “treasures” for your listening, um, pleasure.
Oh, please go ahead. I won’t listen to them, yet my life will continue with only slight impact: I will be amused at it.
But there was no receipt, either. Do people really check in the store (because I didn’t get it on any of my devices) to see if any new albums appear? Or is there some other way they were notified they got it?
I think the reaction is way overboard. But it would have been appropriate in tone had it been Justin Bieber’s “Ooh baby baby” or whatever album made him famous.
That would be grounds for a class action lawsuit. (Or maybe classless action?)
It could have been much worse: They could have forced a Red Hot Chili Pepper’s album on us.
It’s latter-day U2. I’m okay with it. I’d much rather it was new material from The Police, though.
Spam is the best way to describe it. when did Apple get into the junk-mail business?