#Intuit should get out of the anti-Direct File business (read: stop being evil) and start lobbying for an open #API.
“Ultimately, the Direct File program is a call for this industry to evolve. It necessitates a reimagining of value proposition to align with taxpayers’ evolving needs and expectations. But it remains an open question whether these companies are up to the challenge."
@andrew@law I love the article, and the ways in which Intuit et al can bring additional value to the table, such as AI.
But your basic presupposition (or hope?) is that the companies have a shred of interest in fair competition.
They perceive, correctly, that they get more bang for the buck spending money lobbying for a system in which consumers need them for basic tax filing, rather than improving their products. And they are waiting for their GOP allies to kill Direct File.
@andrew@law OK, I ran out of characters - I vaguely recall you did bump up the limit from 500 characters briefly, but then it went back down?
At any rate, Intuit and other legacy companies rely upon an antiquated model which demands that government keep things complex to create the need for their product are parasitic special interests who will die if they don't adapt. Or they keep lobbying and bank on the GOP to come to their rescue - either could happen.
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