The Hand That Feeds

Last week iTunes raised their prices. Some songs, the most popular ones, are now 1,29$ instead of 0,99$. Some of the older songs had their prices brought down to 0,69$. Now, I find no good reason for this change. As Trent Reznor's agent said, more or less: "In this time of bad economy, do you really want to put off the people who are still willing to pay for music?" Not only that, but there are very few songs that actually had their prices up. Not every song in iTunes' top 10 is 1,29$. Well, all the better, is what you'll tell me. But I disagree. Why upset us with these news and then do very little about it? It's completely irrational, I know. But I guess I don't like small disturbances in my life. Or something.