Isn't this pretty crazy? The government is saying "hey, you can easily do your taxes for free on our website... But only if you make less than $73k, everyone else needs to either do it the manual way, or pay our buds at H&R Block".

I can tell you, I did my taxes before I made $73k and after I made over that amount and there is no difference in the effort put in to complete my taxes each year. There's no reason there should be an income limit on using this tool from the IRS other than the tax prep lobby.