XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-11, misc.taxes   
   From: winstonmvp@gmail.com   
      
   On 1/28/2026 3:48 PM, Maria Sophia wrote:   
   > ...w�񧱤� wrote:   
   >>> Again and again I must point out it's like buying spaghetti and only   
   >>> finding out later that in the ingredients, there's no pasta involved.   
   >>>   
   >> There are certainly will always be a subset group of people incapable   
   >> of purchasing something without understanding it's incumbent upon them   
   >> to make an informed decision.   
   >>   - Your experience would seem to fall in that group's subset quantity.   
   >>   
   >> When you find a box of spaghetti that doesn't provide required   
   >> labeling content of the ingredients for the spaghetti inside the   
   >> box(the content is almost always viewable via the clear window on the   
   >> box or clear package showing the spaghetti) feel free to post a picture.   
   >   
   > Hi Winston,   
   >   
   > I do thank you for the veiled compliment assuming I'm omnipotent.   
   > But I must shyly defer to refute your compliment by saying I'm not.   
   >   
   > I clearly said it never occurred to me that Intuit would be so hostile to   
   > its loyal customers as to brazenly lie on their own web site about WHY they   
   > did this.   
   > Did you miss that explanation? Do you need me to describe it again?   
   >   
   > It's based mostly on the link from Intuit explaining their rationale that   
   > Herbert kindly produced yesterday for the team to ponder.   
   >   
   > I'm tired of explaining the four places that Intuit lied in that rationale,   
   > but I hope you read those posts before you continue to "blame the victim".   
   >   
   > You blaming me is like Apple blaming the users for "holding it wrong".   
   > We can't know ahead of time that which are due only to poor design Winston.   
   >   
   > Remember, Intuit's rationale is chock full of lies about Microsoft Support,   
   > which I'm sure works on the clueless, but we're all apprised of Win10 ESU.   
   >   
   > Even if we weren't apprised of Windows 10 ESU (which Intuit claims doesn't   
   > exist for personal users), notice that the Business tax software works with   
   > windows 10, so it's not a supported version of Windows 10 that's the   
   > reason.   
   >   
   > The reason Intuit marketing is openly hostile to half their customer base   
   > in the USA has more to do with their plan to upsell a "free" Premier online   
   > tool, which is obvious when you read the bottom half of Intuit's excuse.   
   >   
   > This reminds me of Apple's battery gate, where nothing that came out of   
   > Apple made sense because they were merely making up lies to back up a   
   > marketing move (for which Apple paid half a billion dollars for).   
   >   
   > The fact remains:   
   > TurboTax Deluxe would work just fine in Windows 10 with support.   
   > Intuit doesn't even bother to check for the ESU support status.   
   > And they allow business users to be on Windows 10 anyway.   
   > Still without even bothering to check for the ESU support status.   
   > And then, Intuit marketing openly lied about Microsoft's support position.   
   > After all that, Intuit marketing tried to upsell us on their online stuff.   
   >   
   > I know all of that now, but I didn't know any of that yesterday.   
   > It was only Intuit Marketing's hostile moves that made me even bother.   
   >   
   > For you to claim all that should have been intuitive to me, is giving me   
   > far more credit than I deserve, although I do appreciate your compliments.   
      
   Never said it should have been intuitive(your words), only that the   
   system requirements for running TTax 2025 were and clearly available.   
   Not checking those requirements is akin to making an uninformed decision   
   to purchase.   
      
   Every instance I've seen for Turbo Tax 2025(for use on Windows) from   
   Intuit, Best Buy, Staples, Costco clearly specifies Windows 11 is required.   
      
   Intuit requirements indicate:   
   "Software minimum system requirements   
   Product download, installation, and activation requires an Intuit   
   Account and internet connection.   
   Windows Download Products (Deluxe, Premier, Home & Business and Business)   
     NOTE: TurboTax Business is Windows Only   
      
   Operating Systems   
   *****************Windows 11 (64-bit)*********************"   
      
   Similar Win11 requirements exist for all the other resellers.   
      
      
      
   --   
   ...w¡ñ§±¤ñ   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)