If you were procrastinating on purchasing that Black Eye Peas song that’s managed to embed it’s way into your brain, you might want to look elsewhere than iTunes for your one-click purchase. Yesterday marked the beginning of a new era for the digital powerhouse, as they just added a 30¢ tariff to the songs most-likely-to go platinum.

Coincidentally (or not), there were no disclaimers to be found on iTunes support section so as Neowin reports:

“True to supply-and-demand economics, the price of music downloads will be geared to the artist’s popularity. Releases from new artists would receive the lower pricing, while tracks from popular acts would get slapped with the higher rate. Even classics, such as Bruce Springsteen’s “Born in the USA,” could retail for the higher price.

Could you be anymore oblivious to the current economic situation, Apple? Not only is the unemployment lower than your customer service rating, but mofos aren’t buying music as much if you haven’t noticed.

When a #1 album ranks in several hundred THOUSAND under Gold (a Country one at that!), then it’s obvious you have to cater to people’s best interest. And right now the better option is looking like zSHARE Amazon. As you can see, “Boom Boom Pow” is still 99¢ — as it should be.

Don’t get too comfortable though; Amazon will soon be making changes to their pricing too.

iTunes: $1.29 For A Popular Song [Neowin]