I was not able to edit my previous post, which did not sound very good when I read it again. I meant I would consider, and yes, I would not really want to pursue this, but I would want the company(ies) behind QuickBooks to consider the point of view of small users too. Why do they have to be so greedy, after years of loyal customer-ship. 

I am a semi-retired bookkeeper, so I use for one client my own QuickBooks Desktop, and for others their own versions of it. But it is the same for everybody: a small business cannot afford this kind of cost for only one company file.