This is true, but up until recently, tax filing companies would also do all kinds of underhanded tricks to make free filing difficult. For example, Turbotax had

This is true, but up until recently, tax filing companies would also do all kinds of underhanded tricks to make free filing difficult. For example, Turbotax had two different tiers of free tax filing software, one with a much lower income threshold than the federal mandate. You only find out you're in that tier when it comes time to file. Guess which one they bought tons of google ads for?