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And without connected services, it would be worthless to me.ДЇortunately, as I wrote last November, I don't have to deal with Intuit anymore. To be fair, I asked if Intuit had any comment I was referred to two webpages - the firstВ explaining the aforementioned email the second describing Intuit's вЂњdiscontinued servicesвЂќ policies.В While they make it clear when and why Intuit discontinues connected services for its products, I don't recall being informed that my copy of Quicken Essentials would expire after x years. I was shocked to discover that not only was it not free, it costs $74.99, ($64.99 with the $10 discount).ДЄRE YOU OUT OF YOUR FREAKING MINDS, Intuit? In what alternate reality where paying you more money to upgrade an application you just crippled can be seen as, 'having me covered?' Not that I intend to ever use an Intuit product again, but I did expect the upgrade to be free given that it's only necessary because Intuit is crippling theВ currentВ version on April 30. It didnвЂ™t sound so bad, and they did address me as 'Valued Customer,' so I clicked the Upgrade Now and Save $10 button.

AllВ I have to do is upgrade to Quicken 2015 for Mac.

YouвЂ™re going to make it stop working (at least for me) on April 30.

Upgrade to Quicken 2015 for Mac by April 30В to keep my connectedВ services and save $10.

Last week, Intuit sent an email to users of Quicken Essentials for Mac: Your connected services will be discontinued on 4/30/15.

And it has discontinued the Mac version at least twice since IвЂ™ve been a user. For example, it has frequently updated Windows versions while there hasnвЂ™t been a new Mac release since 2007. For one thing, I donвЂ™t trust Intuit, which has shown a remarkable lack of respect for Mac users over the years. I know I ought to be thrilled that Intuit will provide a Lion-compatible version Quicken 2007 sometime in 2012, but IвЂ™m not.

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When Intuit finally announced an update four months later in August 2011, I said:

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A decade later, when Apple released Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion), Quicken 2007 ceased to function, making it difficult for users like me to upgrade. As you may recall, Intuit discontinued Quicken for the Mac for the first time in 1998, when Apple was moribund and its future was hazy. In the meantime, Intuit is up to its old tricks again. That replacement was iBank and IвЂ™m still totally happy with it. Last November I told you I finally found a suitable replacement for IntuitвЂ™s Quicken personal finance software, after nearly 15 years of searching.

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