> Yet it's impossible for me see my own prior tax returns from a product I already paid for.

I get what you're saying, but is there a reason you don't download the PDF and store it in your own records?

I am not sure what they meant about "paying additional money to Turbotax" either. I just checked my account, and I have the ability to download final pdfs of my filled out tax returns for all the prior years I filed with Turbotax. No extra payments needed.

If you used the free TurboTax they will charge you to pull prior years.

Clicking the link for past records redirects me to a landing page to purchase turbotax products. I haven't used them in years.

Yep. And then also printed and squirreled away.