The reason intuit is requiring us to sign in is because they are tracking us.  It states so on their legal page.  An Inuit tech i was working with referenced a law that requires sign in. I asked the tech what law.  They gave me a link to their legal page and now  I cannot fine the page easily.  There is no law.  They specifically state they are tracking our use.  I expect they are planning on moving to a tiered priced subscription service based on the number of Quick book files you may have.  

They really do not care that some of us are unhappy.  They know there will be a certain percentage of their customers who are and will leave.  They built that factor into their decision to go to subscription service model and it is worth it to them in the long run.  The only choice, we who are unhappy, is to move to a new accounting system.

Personally, I would be ok with the subscription model even though it is not my favorite model from a consumer standpoint.  What is a deal killer for me are the forced sign is to my intuit account.