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Monday, September 15, 2014

Have you checked your iTunes lately? How U2 got there and how to get them off...


If you’ve got an Apple device, you probably now have the new U2 album on your iTunes. 

Apple thought slipping you the old U2 might make your day – but not everyone is in love with the idea. It was the number 2 of the 1 - 2 promotional punch after U2 appeared at Apple’s unveiling of the iPhone 6. 500 million iTunes users wound up with the band’s new “Songs of Innocence” album on September 15th.

After a backlash from unappreciative non-U2 fans, Apple decided to release a support page with an option to undo the U2ing. You can find that at iTunes.com/soi-remove. “Songs of Innocence” will stay free for until October 13th, after that, you’ll have to pay for it the old fashioned way. If you would like to prevent future forced free downloads, go to your iTunes settings, scroll down to Automatic Downloads, and turn that off.

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