@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.