Look I get it...
Intuit has to make money. No one expects them to maintain super old software for ever. Other companies sunset older software and encourage their users to get the latest and greatest.
As much as my QB2019 does what I need it to do I know they would not keep maintaining it for ever.
The problem is the way this whole fiasco went down. A simple OS upgrade brings the whole community to its knees. No way Inuit didn't know that this would happen on ALL THEIR FREAKING VERSIONS!
Instead of warning us they rub their hands Machiavellically and wait for everyone to go dark and then watch their registries go cha-ching, cha-ching with thousands of desperate users trying to get their company data to work.
Its just wrong, its disgusting really... Make freaking software people will WANT to upgrade to.
I would upgrade from 2019 if I had an alternative that didn't require a yearly fee. It's just greed, plain and simple. Your yearly or monthly fee software gives me literally nothing I will use more than what I have in 2019. Heck, I would upgrade to the 2024 if I didn't have to keep buying it EVERY FREAKING YEAR.
Treat your users like people who are doing YOU a favor not the other way around. Geee, Intuit, thank you for letting me have the honor and privilege of using your software while I pay you a fortune.
I have 8 company files (no I'm not a huge corporation, I'm a one man shop with 7 vacation rentals). To go online I'd have to pay $240/month for their "Essentials" package--AND THAT IS THEIR 50% OFF PRICE. In a year it would be $480/month! Come on....
OR... I can go for Mac desktop version 2024 which starts at $799/yr--EVERY YEAR!
How about this Intuit. Admit and apologize to all of the people who you've given a week of sleepless nights that you screwed up, fix 2019, 2021, 2023, 2024 (I know you already fixed 2024). give us a reason to upgrade or a way to upgrade that is actually palatable. I would buy 2024 just like I did 2019 and the 6 versions before that one if it had some cool new features, doesn't have to be much, and if it actually worked--as long as I could just buy it ONCE like decent people.
Don't get me wrong. I AM ANGRY but I also like your software I just HATE how you treat us, the people who are paying you their hard-earned money. we should feel pampered and taken care of not like we are a bunch of people who you only slightly tolerate.
Please fix 2019.
Otherwise it's ADIOS AMIGOS. I've been looking at wave. It seems to do everything and more than what I could do with 2019 and ITS FREEEEEEEEEE!
It's just very painful to move to a new platform. and tax time is going to suck if I have to splice together a bunch of reports.
Lucky for me I have an old computer with macOS Catalina on it.
