Look, here's the reality. iTunes hasn't ruined the band's credibility, any more than George Lucas raped our childhoods. Buying the regular album or the deluxe album on iTunes is a pretty solid deal already. I bought the regular iTunes album for 9.99. I used six dollars from a remaining iTunes gift card (which I presume more than a few of us did). Total out of pocket: $3.99. That's pretty ridiculously good for 11 tunes. Bonuses are just that: bonuses. I already had the NLOTH 2 track because someone on this board shared it (it's not available in the US except via import, so it does indeed qualify as a bonus track), and since I hadn't paid for it, I was happy to. And the Crookers remix stinks, but it's also a true exclusive, since it's not available in the US store either. (And, many of us would argue, with good reason.) Sure, it was annoying that the US iTunes store didn't put up the tracks until the last minute, but all you had to do was spend about three minutes on this board to realize that the bonus tracks were going to be some combination of NLOTH 2, the Fez video, or the Crookers remix. Don't like it? It's very simple: DON'T BUY IT. Pay more for the regular album, and then do what you were going to do anyway -- come on here, say that your iTunes library was "mysteriously wiped", and ask for a few rare tracks you don't have. But not buying it, and then going and posting in the iTunes store about how lame it is, and blah blah blah, only underlines your colossal (and lame) feelings of entitlement.
Geez.