30¢ per track for the privilege to upgrade them, seriously

I am getting this right. No matter what the price (what you paid vs. what it is now) I have to pay 30¢ PER TRACK to get DRM-free and 256k?
When I purchased an album it was $9.99 at 128k and DRM'd. Now the same album is $9.99 at 256 and is DRM-free but I have to pay 30¢ PER TRACK. That just isn't right. How is that money going to the artist? The additional 30¢ cannot be justified.
I accepted it for a few albums early on when their price was more than I originally paid. If I bought an album for $9.99 (128k DRM'd) that was now selling for $12.99 (256k DRM-free) I could grudgingly justify paying $3.00 to upgrade the album. But not if they are the same price.
Am I missing something here?
Do I need to wait until Apple updates their site to see free DRM-free updates to track I've previously purchased?

Unfortunately, early adopters always come up short when something better comes along. Even worse, when it comes to digital music, legal purchasers have been burned for years. People who bought music legally were shackled with restrictive files while people who don't buy music download HQ mp3's they can use for any device.
I think it would have been great if the labels said "Hey, everyone who bought our music legally, free one-time upgrade of your current DRM'd tracks."
But, that's a pipe dream. Apple wanted to go DRM free years ago, this is the labels' doing. However, why can't we upgrade individual albums or tracks? Terrible implementation. It will cost me nearly a grand to upgrade my library, and then I'll have to re-tag and organize my downloads, as iTunes downloads aren't always tagged to my liking. Being able to upgrade individually would help me do a few at a time. I mean, I downloaded a "Complete" set that is over 500 songs and cost $189... now I have to pay another $175 dollars to upgrade it? There is a huge logical flaw here.
I understand that not everything is free and something better is always around the corner with anything you buy, but still.

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