Apple's Weirdest iTunes Walk-Back Turns 12 Today

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By Tim HardwickSep 15, 2026, 7:13 am260 ptsTop
12 years ago today, Apple published a web page with one job: to make a U2 album go away. On September 9, 2014, at Apple's iPhone 6 event, Tim Cook revealed that "Songs of Innocence" would be given to every iTunes customer for nothing. The album was directly linked to accounts, and devices set to "download…

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