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What are you surprised that people pay for, when there are free alternatives in existence? (kbin.melroy.org)

submitted 3 days ago by Soulifix@kbin.melroy.org to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I was going through my Wal-Mart+ subscription plan that I got for free and I saw their offers. One of which was EMeals, that was a 60-day trial. I thought that this was like Blue Apron or other meal delivery services so I thought I'd take a crack at it and hope that it would get me on a path to eat better.

Turns out, it's just a meal planner. And it's absurd to me why and how would anyone pay for something when there are countless and countless recipes and meal planners readily available for free. Who'd the fuck would want to pay for a planner? That's like paying for a calendar app.

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[–] teawrecks@sopuli.xyz 57 points 2 days ago (5 children)

As an American, Turbo Tax. I've been using FreeTaxUSA for almost 20 years with no problems, without paying for filing software.

But if I weren't American, my answer would probably be: tax software.

[–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Most countries don't have tax software.

They have a website usually. A free one, from the government. That calculates their taxes for them. You just have to check if it is correct from your side.

[–] teawrecks@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 day ago

Right, that's what I was getting at with my second part hah

[–] skeezix@lemmy.world 15 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

In many other countries (such as mine) you dont use tax software. The government figures out what you owe or overpaid. Because they have all the info they need to know that.

[–] Soulifix@kbin.melroy.org 5 points 1 day ago

It's funny that the IRS has now been offering their own tax-free service. Intuit thought they could strong-arm people but even the IRS thought "no bruh, you're crazy".

I just never saw the appeal of paying for tax software/services, well maybe I can see it in services because there's still a lot of people that have trouble with filing taxes and they may be in unique tax situations that they don't understand.

But Tax Software makes it stupid easy to understand so it should not be something we pay for.

[–] Peck@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

How are they at dealing with investments?

[–] Grimm665@lemm.ee 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

For my simple needs (mortgage, 401k, couple different IRAs, and a managed investment account) it did great.

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 2 points 2 days ago

Do they do imports from like betterment and vanguard?