Interesting that you mention this.  I purchased my first version of QB in the store. Last year, Intuit decided to "expire it" and forced me to provide a credit card number to upgrade and continue.  Now I'm on "subscription". I felt like my books were held hostage for a ransom. Updates are now forced upon me, whether or not I want them, or they work with my integrations.

Is anyone (US based) still running a version they purchased years ago, and have not been forced into this model.