The album isn't all that bad really. I'm not a fan of how it's being handled though. It's a pretty stupid move on Apple's part IMHO to make it difficult to remove though - should have been an opt-in, "if-you-want-this-go-get-it". It reminds me of how annoyed people were in the 1990s when Microsoft started pre-loading crap on Windows desktops as an installation default (also deliberately difficult to remove, especially for non-technical folks).
I've always loved Apple products, the way the company values design and innovation, etc. but this is another instance of them becoming the very thing they have always claimed to be the antithesis of (Microsoft / big corporate, money-driven computer industry).
It underscores a trend by companies that we the public don't really own our own computers, we just sort of rent them (there's a very obvious "it's not your computer, it's OUR computer" attitude here). Heck, it's worked well for automakers. Maybe Apple is just trying to improve on that model (auto leasing / "let the customer eat the depreciation for us"). If Apple can get the public to believe it's acceptable to pay full fare for something that gives the "owner" little more rights than a renter / leaser would have its free money for them - saves them from having to set up a leasing department, new price structure, etc. more potential profit in just changing the mindset...
Don't like the tactic at all. The album doesn't particularly bother me. It's the principle of it.
Good article on it:
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/is-apples-free-u2-gift-a-sign-of-things-to-come/