Oh, the Irony!
I love it! The effort of attempting to lock in the con (when there was little/no effort to break it) is what may ultimately break the con.
They lobbied to get a law passed to forbid the IRS from making their own free software, which draws attention to the FFA. People then realize that the FFA is a thing, and that they shouldn't have had to pay for filing. Knowing that they have been paying, they look to find where the free option is, and find that it was deliberately hidden (Not even a "Beware the Leopard" sign). So they sue. And now the IRS is looking at kiboshing the "gentlemans' agreement" that precluded them creating their own software.
If the beancounters hadn't tried to force the issue, people would probably never have realized the con.
(El Reg, can we get a "Point and Laugh icon?)
Biting the hand that feeds IT
