ClaireSamanthaS (QuickBooks Team)
Thank you for reaching out with your question. I will be happy to clarify your options regarding QuickBooks Desktop (QBDT) for Mac and your plans to upgrade to macOS Ventura, salaudio.
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Got the following above email from Samantha at Quickbooks. Of course the REPLY button in her email was non-existent, so I am putting up a new post here.
WHEN IS QUICKBOOKS GOING TO WAKE UP TO THE FACT THAT THERE ARE MILLIONS OF SMALL BUSINESSES OUT HERE WHO DON'T NEED TO HAVE WEB BASED ACCOUNTING SOFTWARE, WHO CANT AFFORD THEIR MONTHLY COSTS AND CERTAINLY CAN'T AFFORD THEIR "ENTERPRISE" PRICING!
I'M FINE WITH PAYING FOR A NEW DESKTOP VERSION EVERY COUPLE OF YEARS. I DON'T WANT MY INFORMATION IN THE CLOUD, ESPECIALLY WITH THE NON-STOP DATA BREACHES THAT ARE OCCURRING.
AND THE "WE'RE NOT SUPPORTING DESKTOP ANYMORE" SIMPLY MEANS PUTTING KILL CODES IN SO THAT AS OF A CERTAIN DATE IN 2022, THE SOFTWARE SUDDENLY NO LONGER ALLOWS YOU TO IMPORT YOUR BANKING TRANSACTIONS, TRYING TO FORCE YOU TO THE ONLINE MODEL. AMAZING HOW IT WORKED YESTERDAY?
ONE WOULD THINK THAT THEY WOULD READ THE 100'S OF ONLINE FORUMS DEDICATED TO THE FACT THAT ALL THESE SMALL BUSINESSES FEEL ABANDONED BY THEM. WE DON'T HAVE 1000'S OF DOLLARS PER YEAR TO PAY FOR "ENTERPRISE" SOFTWARE. MOST OF US ARE SMALL, SOLE PROPRIETORS, WITH 3 OR FEWER EMPLOYEES. I WOULD THINK WE REPRESENT A DECENT CHUNK OF REVENUE TO THEM, BUT MAYBE NOT.
But the patronizing responses from the "experts on the forum", and THE GALL TO WASTE OUR TIME WITH "BADGES" EVERY TIME WE WRITE INTO THE FORUM, is really just insult to injury. Little hint - Small business owner's don't have time to waste with some clever marketing student's idea to "give people badges" on the Q&A forum. We come here for information and what free help we can get; this isn't Facebook to us, we don't need badges and "likes".
