Windows Version Requirements Going Forward

[sixbales]

I think there is basis for a massive class action lawsuit against Microsoft, Intuit, et.al., for forcing many people to obtain new equipment to meet the requirements of windows 11, with no support for windows 10. 

[DoninGA]

@sixbales Why, how were you damaged?

You can always use another tax preparation program.  See this - https://apps.irs.gov/app/freeFile/browse-all-offers/

[M-MTax]

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@sixbales wrote:

I think there is basis for a massive class action lawsuit against Microsoft, Intuit, et.al., for forcing many people to obtain new equipment to meet the requirements of windows 11, with no support for windows 10. 

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You have no damages so a lawsuit would go nowhere. You, and others, could have simply switched to H&R Block for the 2025 tax year which would actually have saved you money as it's much less expensive than TurboTax and it supports the transfer of virtually all prior year tax information from TurboTax. You might wind up owing Intuit money.

[BrooklynJeff]

@sixbales

Firstly,  Windows 11 has been out for several years.  And you can't realistically stifle innovation by saying MSFT can never require new hardware for new products.

While I believe TT jumped the gun by pulling support for Win10, I don't see how they could be restricted from doing so.   I'm pretty sure they did it for their own convenience , and not because of any technical restrictions. 

 We considered jumping ship and voting with our pocketbooks .   but the missus didn't want to deal with any potential conversion issues so we succumbed to the inevitable and updated one of our laptops.   

BTW you can still get WIN10 updates - my old laptop updated itself recently