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Apple isn't immune to this either! Every once in a while, U2 starts playing on my phone inadvertently. I didn't ask for that music, thanks.

How is this behavior acceptable? Didn't Tim Cook tell us that Apple was the one tech company that won't sell-out its users?

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Look, the U2 album thing was a stupid move, IMO. But it seems like a totally different class of offensive; 'We sent you an unsolicited free album!' versus 'We're sending you unsolicited advertisements!'.

And you can of course delete that free album if you don't want it. That'll solve your inadvertent playing problem.

It was originally undeleteable (now that has been fixed).

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/sep/15/apple-u2-a...

OS X Mavericks will also constantly nag you with notification to upgrade to broken Yosemite.

Yosemite doesn't seem broken. That aside, you are being deliberately disingenuous by comparing a software update notification to unsolicited advertising.

Not saying it's excusable, but loading the U2 album on everyone's library is, as far as I know, the only thing along these lines Apple has ever done. With Android, it's par for the course.

Do you have other things in your iTunes library? I've noticed that sometimes when connecting/disconnecting to bluetooth speakers my iPhone will play the first thing in my library with out asking me. I'm guessing when they sent out that free U2 album that's the only thing in your library and the bluetooth bug is making it play randomly.

You can remove that album.

https://itunes.com/soi-remove

Thanks for the link! That worked perfectly.

Dropping a random album into your library is slightly more forgivable than an interrupting notification at 3am.

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