XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-10, misc.taxes   
   From: mariasophia@comprehension.com   
      
   ...w¡ñ§±¤ñ  wrote:   
   > Char Jackson wrote on 1/28/2026 12:54 PM:   
   >> On Wed, 28 Jan 2026 04:33:08 -0500, Maria Sophia   
   >>  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> Yet again, Intuit blindsided loyal users, this time by requiring Win11 for   
   >>> the 25 tax year when the version of Windows was never previously an issue.   
   >>   
   >> I've been using Turbotax since 1984 and I wasn't blindsided.   
   >>   
   >> Intuit sent out an email alerting me to this change on 8/21/2025 and a   
   >> second notice, mostly identical to the first, on 10/22/25. Plus, the   
   >> product listing on Amazon, where I usually buy mine, clearly said   
   >> Windows 11 required.   
   >>   
   > Similar notification, two notices, Sept 2025, early Nov. 2025 that Win11   
   > was required for 2025 editions.   
   >   
   > Have purchased 'Deluxe' edition from Staples in past, Amazon was cheaper   
   > this year - both sources' content for purchase indicated Win11 requirement.   
      
   Interesting. I believe both of you. Thanks for that useful information.   
      
   Everyone here knows me well so they know I would never create an online   
   account to any marketing organization, least of all Intuit marketing,   
   unless I am forced to at the point of a gun.   
      
   You know I don't have a Microsoft Account and I use Windows just fine.   
   You all know I don't have a Google Account on Android & it works fine.   
      
   You know I've set up plenty of iOS devices w/o the Apple Account (aka Apple   
   ID) but they don't do well without that privacy robbing mothership account.   
      
   You even know I set up a kid's Windows 11 recently avoiding the privacy   
   robbing mothership account which is really used by Marketing to sell you.   
      
   > Intuit reason for ceased support for use on Win10 was specific and due to   
   > MSFT ending support for Win10 security(regardless of ESU option) updates.   
   >   -i.e. Intuit prioritizing usage for security reasons.   
   >   - not much different than Intuit practice in the past that ended   
   > support for use on Windows 7 in 2020, and reiterated Win7 not possible   
   > for the next 4 yrs. 2024 editions required Win10 or Win11(with initial   
   > availability in late 2023).  Thus, it was inevitable that once Win10 EOL   
   > occurred, Win11 would be the only supported o/s for use for purchased   
   > home installed editions.   
      
   Since I've used TurboTax for decades, I am well aware that a   
   privacy-robbing marketing mothership account was required two years ago, as   
   I recall.   
      
   I contacted Intuit Customer Support and they wouldn't let me register the   
   software without creating that marketing-induced privacy robbing account.   
      
   So, of course, I have that account.   
   But it uses a throwaway email.   
      
   You all believe me because you know me well.   
   So I don't doubt they sent that email to the bogus registration address.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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