Apple Releases Official Tool To Get Rid of U2 Album

It's safe to say Apple probably won't be putting free albums into iTunes customers' accounts again any time soon in light of the backlash after they did it last week with U2's new album, Songs of Innocence.

Last Tuesday (September 9th), when Apple unveiled its Apple Watch, along with the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, CEO Tim Cook also announced, with Bono at his side, that U2's new album was being automatically loaded into all 500 million iTunes users' libraries for free -- a deal that the New York Times said cost Apple some $100 million.

But it turns out a lot of those 500 million people didn't want U2's latest offering cluttering up their iTunes libraries, and they took to social media to complain about it.

Ways to remove the songs quickly popped up, and after six days, Apple yesterday (September 15th) metaphorically tucked its tail between its legs and released its own official tool for removing Songs of Innocence from iTunes libraries.