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I filed my taxes last night through TurboTax. I love the idea of “regulations are bad”, but left unchecked intuit is great example of dark patterns and why ther

I filed my taxes last night through TurboTax. I love the idea of “regulations are bad”, but left unchecked intuit is great example of dark patterns and why there needs to be governing body over private business. Those crooked bastards tried to upsell me or trick me into needing a more expensive product at the start of every section. Likewise lately I’ve found myself wanting a better general news source and I think NYT is fairly reputable, until some quick research shows you can not unsubribe without calling someone, but sign up yeah absolutely, a few clicks and you’re done If there was bill addressing the first one, that’s not “failing for the basic necessities of life”. I don’t think it’s unreasonable to demand business not try to F you cause they can. There’s been so much consolidation in the market that “voting with your money” has become nothing more than an untenable aphorism.

ALittleLight 6y ago
You'd think the government could build their own turbotax and let everyone use that for free. I assume a good/simple version would make people more likely to pay their taxes correctly and the profit off of that would more than cover the expense of making it. Of course, in reality, I know the government would botch it. Still, the system seems really bad.
- distances 6y ago
  I'm not sure why you would be so cynical about government abilities. Automated taxes work great in quite many countries worldwide. Do you think US government is somehow especially incompetent?
  - ramphastidae 6y ago
    Perhaps you should do some basic reading about the average length and costs of public infrastructure projects in the US vs. other developed nations.
justinzollars 6y ago
turboTax utilized regulations to capture the market.
- justinzollars 6y ago
  TurboTax also lobbies against the simplification of the tax code

ALittleLight 6y ago

You'd think the government could build their own turbotax and let everyone use that for free. I assume a good/simple version would make people more likely to pay their taxes correctly and the profit off of that would more than cover the expense of making it. Of course, in reality, I know the government would botch it. Still, the system seems really bad.

distances 6y ago
I'm not sure why you would be so cynical about government abilities. Automated taxes work great in quite many countries worldwide. Do you think US government is somehow especially incompetent?
- ramphastidae 6y ago
  Perhaps you should do some basic reading about the average length and costs of public infrastructure projects in the US vs. other developed nations.

justinzollars 6y ago

turboTax utilized regulations to capture the market.

justinzollars 6y ago
TurboTax also lobbies against the simplification of the tax code