XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-11, misc.taxes   
   From: mariasophia@comprehension.com   
      
   Chris wrote:   
   > Herbert Kleebauer  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>>>> Are these people idiots ?   
   >>   
   >> Are Microsoft or Adobe idiots because they don't want to   
   >> sell Office or Photoshop but only sell an abo?   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>> When only Intuit tax software suddenly and almost secretly   
   >   
   > "Almost secretly" LOL!   
   > It's right there on the front of the packet!   
      
   Hi Chris,   
      
   You need to stop a moment to try to understand that the package isn't what   
   you buy, especially since it's a software download and the package models   
   are the same every year.   
      
   Imagine you have been renting the same car model every year for twenty   
   years for your Christmas trip to Tahoe as you needed, let's say, 4WD.   
      
   This 4WD rental car has always worked with any normal gasoline pump, and no   
   other 4WD car maker requires anything different.   
      
   Then, suddenly, after you've rented it already, you find out belatedly that   
   the new model will only run if you use a brand new fuel nozzle that only   
   half the gas stations in the country even have.   
      
   Their justification is that the old nozzle is "no longer supported," but   
   you then discover that the business fleet version of the exact same car   
   still works perfectly fine with the old nozzle for another full year.   
      
   That is the same situation here. We have been buying TurboTax Desktop   
   every year for decades, there has never been a need to check for a bizarre   
   new requirement, no competing tax software requires Windows 11, and   
   Intuit's own business edition proves their justification is not true.   
      
   It is not something any reasonable person would think to look for in the   
   fine print unless they've been forewarned ahead of time to look for it.   
      
   >>|| If you purchase TurboTax Desktop personal software for tax year   
   >>|| 2025 and cannot install it because you have Windows 10, we have   
   >>|| you covered. You will receive an in-product offer to switch to   
   >>|| our TurboTax Online Premium service at no additional cost (includes   
   >>|| one federal and one state return).   
   >>   
   >   
   > Seems reasonable.   
      
   It's a brazen sales pitch, Chris. Based on lies. Sound familiar?   
      
   Remember, the justification is based on a lie that Windows 10 isn't   
   supported and yet the business edition works just fine with Win10.   
      
   Does that sound like a company you happen to buy your iPhone from?   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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