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FTC judge rules Intuit broke law, must stop advertising TurboTax as “free” (arstechnica.com)
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The Federal Trade Commission's chief administrative law judge ruled that Intuit violated US law with deceptive advertising and should be forced to stop promoting TurboTax as "free" unless all conditions imposed on the free offer are immediately and conspicuously displayed to consumers.

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[–] HubertManne@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Its so annoying because you can spend an hour or more before it disclosese there is payment. pretending to be free the whole time. Then you have to start over with a real one.