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[Analysis] This Is How We Finally Kill Turbotax ( www.youtube.com )

Filing your taxes could be free starting this year. The IRS is running a direct-file pilot program. The goal is to make companies like TurboTax obsolete through a system where your taxes are filled out for you. But tax prep companies are spending millions to block them....

BedSharkPal ,

That's true of so, so many things when it comes to the US.

Though to be fair, Canada is in the same boat here, and the whole situation is frankly sad.

BedSharkPal ,

There's a lot of "Weekend At Bernie's" going on in Congress these days huh?

Ironically Bernie is one of the least comatose of the bunch.

BedSharkPal ,

At the risk of sounding like an ass.... why? He's done a lot of horrible things that affected a LOT of people.

BedSharkPal ,

I'll take my slightly good news where I can get it. I'm begging for scraps over here!

BedSharkPal ,

A company exists to make money - period. I struggle to see why Meta making money off ActivityPub is a good thing.

There's just no good reason to have a profit motive in social media when it simply doesn't need to be there.

BedSharkPal ,

I would argue we also don't want to be in a place where we rely on any one individual. Thankfully @ernest seems to understand that as well.

BedSharkPal ,

We must go lower!

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