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[ballroom]

what was the U2 fiasco

[lucky_latkes]

Do you not have iTunes?

[scarlettnoire]

Or even Internet at the time?

[ballroom]

yeah sorry I don't follow every media story that comes out.

[ballroom]

I don't use it on the reg

[seroquels]

They released an album for free on iTunes. I opened iTunes one evening and there was this U2 album I'd never asked for, it was obnoxious and wasn't received well. If there's more to it, I habhaven'tent heard about it, but I live under a rock so...

[ballroom]

thanks for explaining it instead of acting like I'm weird for not knowing what it was lol

[seroquels]

:) no problem. The internet, ya know smh

[artdecadence]

the main issue is that it usually auto-downloaded to people's iphones as well, and people were freaking out that something (an apparently awful album but i never listened to it) was on their phone without their consent

[piratesswoop]

they consented when they turned auto download on tbh

[artdecadence]

yeah, the original draft of my comment said 'idiots' instead of 'people', but then I thought that was a bit mean, haha. I agree completely

[pink_martini2]

lol at everyone being shamed (if that's the right word?) for not being aware of the "U2 fiasco". I'm in the US and didn't know either. I don't use iTunes. And I don't give a shit about U2, so I wouldn't retain any entertainment news about them if I did hear about it.

[ballroom]

for real. I only use iTunes for music that I can't find on Spotify, and I never had this album automatically added.