ITunes Plus and $1.29 songs???

I recently got an e-mail or read something on iTunes within the last month that every single song was now iTunes plus. So why is it that 2-3 times a week when I get on iTunes, it's asking me to pay 30 cents to upgrade another song? Shouldn't I be done paying for those? Am I the only one that remembers reading something like that?
Also, what's with the $1.29 songs? I thought 99 cents was asking a lot, but now I'm done with iTunes, I'll just buy my music elsewhere. Before you know it there will be $2.00 songs...

So why is it that 2-3 times a week when I get on iTunes, it's asking me to pay 30 cents to upgrade another song? Shouldn't I be done paying for those?
Just because all the songs were made available in iTunes Plus format didn't necessarily mean that the Store managed to connect and convert all the tracks you purchased. They've been going through and fixing the links between items for weeks. Nor did all the tracks that once were in the iTunes Store remain once they went to all iTunes Plus. For instance, I had a Frank Zappa track whose entire catalog was removed some time back and so for weeks I couldn't upgrade that track. But now some of his material is back in the iTunes Store. So when new items appear, it's because either 1) they fixed a link and now the Upgrade feature is recognizing a track where it didn't before or 2) tracks have come back to the iTunes Store that were removed earlier. You may see other tracks in your library still as "protected" if you show your music with the "Kind" column turned on.
Also, what's with the $1.29 songs? I thought 99 cents was asking a lot, but now I'm done with iTunes, I'll just buy my music elsewhere.
As was announced several weeks ago, Apple agreed to variable pricing as the price of being allowed to sell tracks without copy protection. The other download stores carrying content from the major record labels are also going to variable pricing, though prices differ from store to store so you can shop around.
Before you know it there will be $2.00 songs...
If the record companies had their way, the most popular tracks would probably indeed be $2.00.

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