While one might wonder why exactly the world was so upset and shocked that U2 had released a mediocre album, or that something you got for free as the icing on top of a wildly expensive cake turned out to be kind of crappy, the devoted fans of a brand which many regard as being past its prime were outraged that they might be assumed to be similarly devoted to a band which is regarded to be past its prime.
As part of the iExtravaganza that accompanies Apple's release of every sneeze, Tim Cook annouced that to celebrate the debut of the iPhone 6 and the Apple Watch, U2's new album would magically appear in everyone's iTunes Library. Instead of the expected sound of one hand fapping that Apple have come to expect was the sound of millions of fans outraged that one of the world's biggest content distributors might be trying to curate their taste.
To assist with the public throwing the album back in Apple's face, they've been forced to announce a tool for deleting the offending album from your phone, thus saving you from awkward shuffle assaults, someone you're trying to sleep with scrolling through iTunes and then suddenly deciding they need to go home and wash their hair, or the worst result of all; listening to the album and finding out you kind of like it.
Now, we could embed a video of it here so you can check it out, but of course it's on your phone right now, so let's just remember why U2 were famous in the first place. After that, let's all call Microsoft and stage a protest against Freecell being pre-installed on Windows computers.
