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Article #431Re: PC Mag Tax Software Review
From: JA
Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2003 16:46
Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2003 16:46
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I'm complaining and letting others know there are good alternatives - taxcut and taxact > The program "needs" the spyware because Intuit has engineered it that way. > The spyware is not integral to the functioning of the software, it is > integral to Intuit's desire to spy on its customers. You say you "don't > approve of spyware," and in the same breath you say that it is "immature" to > remove it, or to complain about it. You are a shill for Intuit. > > > If you don't want to run cdilla, don't run TTax. Simple. Every time > > you run TTax, and reactivate it, Cdilla runs. > > Boy, you're really good at stating the obvious. Have you ever thought of a > career as a second-grade teacher? Yes, I know how it works, and I haven't > use Turbo Tax since I discovered the nature and extent of the issue. I am > hoping that Intuit isn't actually intent upon committing corporate suicide, > and will reverse themselves soon. If they do not, then I will abandon Turbo > Tax and Quicken. > > > > > By doing that you run > > the spyware by choice. Then you get to complain about it. You delete > > Cdilla, but run reactivate TTax later, hoping that "this time, cdilla > > won't be required". You know that you will have to reactivate TTax > > after you remove Cdilla before you can use TTax again, but still you > > remove Cdilla. Lather, Rinse, Repeat. Seems pointless to me. > > But you approve of spyware. I don't. > > > > > Me, I don't run any software that requires activation, including TTax. > > I avoid spyware. I don't run software that requires spyware, and then > > complain the spyware is there. I find alternatives. > > You are a corporate shill. You are saying that it's wrong to complain about > a corporate abuse. turbotax>This is not an issue of Intuit vs. H&R Block. It is an issue of >software activation vs. no software activation. >> Mike Block, QuickBooks Tax Cut CPA, 954-566-7540 >> Founding Member: QuickBooks Advisory Council > >
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