I'm realizing that this is just actually what Intuit wants, I don't think they want to change this.  They just assume people will keep using it and so 'who cares'.

But when the web connect stops working every 15 days because we need to get on the main QB server and login or bypass the popup, then I think it is just BROKEN.  It's not very usable since the entire web connect just fails waiting for someone to address that popup.  So it is more than inconvenient, it is a real hassle for our customers.