XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-11, misc.taxes   
   From: mariasophia@comprehension.com   
      
   Chris wrote:   
   > Lynn McGuire  wrote:   
   >> On 1/27/2026 6:37 PM, Maria Sophia wrote:   
   >>> I bought TurboTax at Costco today for $55.99 - $11 = $44.99 + 0% tax.   
   >>>   
   >>> At home I try to install it on Windows 10, and it says it won't load.   
   >>> Apparently it needs Windows 11.   
   >>> Why?   
   >>> What on earth could TurboTax need that only Windows 11 can supply?   
   >>>   
   >>> Is there a known workaround?   
   >>   
   >> Are these people idiots ?   
   >   
   > The only idiots are people buying something that is clearly incompatible   
   > with their needs and then complain about it.   
   >   
   >> They are going to lose half of their user   
   >> base.  Windows 10 is still the prevalent home pc software.   
   >   
   > Windows 11 has been around over four years and win10 was officially EOL's   
   > last October. Totally not unreasonable for a financial organisation to   
   > remove support for out-of-date platforms.   
      
   Hi Chris,   
      
   What version of Windows are you on?   
   Are you aware that Win10 ESU is fully supported until at last October 2026?   
      
   The main question in this thread is still unanswered, which is:   
    Q: What on earth does TurboTax need Windows 11 for?   
    A: ?   
      
   It doesn't matter that Windows 11 is inferior to Windows 10 (e.g.,   
   Microsoft removed the ability to pin a cascade menu to the taskbar).   
       
      
   What matters is half the world is still using Windows 10, and that Windows   
   10 ESU is fully supported for the bulk of the period people do their taxes.   
      
   As I described to Winston, Intuit has no earthly reason to enforce a move   
   to Windows 11 simply because their marketing dept is hostile to users.   
      
   When only Intuit tax software suddenly and almost secretly becomes   
   incompatible, and when NO OTHER TAX SOFTWARE did this, something is amiss.   
      
   I have no problem returning my opened copy of TurboTax to Costco, and I   
   have no problem buying H&R Block software instead even as I've been using   
   TurboTax for so many years in a row, that I can't find all the packages.   
        
      
   But no more.   
   When a marketing organization is that hostile to customers, they're out.   
      
   If anyone has real-world experience migrating from TurboTax to H&R Block   
   tax software, that would be a very useful tangent for this helpful thread.   
   --   
   Companies that try to be like Apple always claim it's for your own good.   
      
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