
Looks like lots of people have downloaded U2’s Songs of Innocence—26 million in total—according to Apple. Whether how many of those were automatic or not, that is another story.
Here’s what Billboard reports:
Eddy Cue, Apple’s senior VP of internet software and services, tells Billboard that U2’s Songs of Innocence has racked up a staggering 26 million complete downloads since its Sept. 9 release as a free download exclusively to Apple’s 500 million global iTunes customers. In total, Cue adds, over 81 million Apple customers experienced songs from Innocence, a global figure that includes plays and streams through iTunes, iTunes Radio and Beats Music. “To help put this into perspective,” he says, “prior to this, 14 million customers had purchased music from U2 since the opening of the iTunes Store in 2003.”
Despite the freebie, Apple released a one-click tool to enable customers to remove the album, after it downloaded automatically via iCloud for some customers, who got angry about the move.
Did you keep or delete this free U2 album?
Other articles in the category: News
ChatGPT Creator Releases Anti-Cheating Tool for Teachers
[caption id="attachment_389637" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Image: OpenAI[/caption] ChatGPT creator OpenAI today announced the launch of a new "classifier" designed to detect machine-written text. "We’ve trained a classifier to distinguish between text written by a human and text written by AIs from a variety of providers," the company said. While the company's AI-powered chatbot has taken the...
Advance Declaration Feature in ArriveCAN App Expands to Calgary
Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) announced on Tuesday its Advance Declaration feature within the ArriveCAN app has expanded to another major Canadian international airport. Incoming travellers from international flights at YYC Calgary International Airport can now use the Advance Declaration feature inside the ArriveCAN app, joining Québec City’s Jean-Lesage International Airport, Toronto Pearson, Montreal-Trudeau, Winnipeg […]
Spotify Stock Surges 10% Amid Strong Q4 Earnings
Music streaming giant Spotify's shares surged as much as 10% today after the company reported Q4 earnings that beat analysts’ revenue estimates with strong user growth. According to CNBC News, Spotify reported 489 million monthly active users for the quarter, up 20% year over year. There were 33 million net additions to monthly active users...