Has Intuit Made Good on DRM Removal?

M-G asks: "It's tax time again in the US. Last year, Slashdot and other sites were abuzz with Intuit's use of activation software in TurboTax. As a result, many long time TurboTax users, myself included, sought alternatives last year and wrote Intuit to tell them so. After tax season, Intuit said they would drop DRM from future TurboTax releases and other products sold in retail packaging. While I have no reason to assume that Intuit lied, they did violate my trust last year. So, has anyone confirmed that this year's TurboTax is indeed free of DRM? What about products like Quicken?"

Comments

Re:Why pay for this software?

[admiral2001]

What a rip! You can buy that retail for about $30,

Or much cheaper. It's been around $20 at staples for a while.
http://www.staples.com/Catalog/Browse/Sku.asp?Page Type=1&Sku=521733

And for reference, I bought it because:

• I don't feel comfortable putting all my financial information online in one place
• I like playing with my taxes a lot playing various 'what-if' scenarios which I may not quite want to put out there
• I want to make sure that if I reopen my tax return from the past year(s), they will stay the same, using the same program, etc.