Weird Al Disses iTunes After Whatever You Like Release

Weird Al says his exclusive iTunes release parodying T.I.'s Whatever You Like was somewhat of a disappointment:

"I've learned from hard experience that iTunes is not able to guarantee a time -- or, apparently, even a day -- that a song will go live online. So perhaps it's best for me to wait until a new song is actually available, and THEN announce it."

"Also, I'm not sure that I'd agree to give iTunes any kind of an exclusivity window in the future...It seems like the amount of publicity I received from them didn't really compensate for the sales I lost by not also having my song available elsewhere."

I'm sure the iTunes experience varies by artist but I'm pretty shocked to discover they can't provide a release date.