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I have Quicken 2017 installed on only one computer. I believe the 2017 version allows installing on two computers, but why bother having it in two places for myself. I have two laptops so for software that allows it I will install on both if needed. For Quicken I don't see a reason for it. I tried it once then put the data file on OneDrive. OneDrive kept changing the file name so it was problematic. I uninstalled the other Quicken copy.
As for activation, deactivating software is usually not an option. Most software doesn't have anywhere to deactivate in the software. Adobe is one of the few that has it. I think Quicken's version of deactivating is logging out of your Quicken account. I wish when I have to reinstall it they would have an option to not have to register again. Many times Windows 10 acts up and I have to reinstall. Nobody takes that into consideration when sneaky updates behind our back cause problems.
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They also shouldn't have abandoned perpetual software. Not everybody likes paying for software forever and end up owning nothing if they stop. They got that from Adobe who did the same thing years ago when they dropped a bomb on us that the next version was going to be subscription. This is a good way to lose customers and if nothing changes I can't see Quicken sticking around very long especially since it isn't exactly the type of software that should be subscription only. History shows that updates/upgrades just don't justify it and these forums are proof of that.
If your subscription expires, you can continue to use Quicken in a manual entry mode (except for Starter Edition).
I think you need to re-read the discontinuation policy: Discontinuation Policy
After you have read it, please enlighten me.
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Yes, there is a use case where you don't use the Internet, but let's face probably 90% or more of their customers don't use it that way.
So, in fact that use case (manual entry) is now going to be programmed as the exception not the rule.
I can pretty much say that if I didn't have downloading of transactions, I wouldn't be using Quicken. And I think that goes for most people. That is why the "discontinuing of online services" is such a big hammer for getting people to pay for a new version of Quicken, and I believe that will be why most people will eventually just go with the subscription. In fact it isn't really any different than what old model for paying was.
As for the memo. Most of my downloads don't have anything in them, but I do have a CostCo/Citi card that puts in the member name as the payee. I don't like it, but like you said I'm in the group that doesn't really used the memo and as such I just ignore it.
Since these transactions are matched to memorized payees I could override the downloaded memo with one of my own, but unfortunately you can't override it to empty.
I hate dealing with the receipts too especially when I have a lot of them for one day. I have about ten different accounts in one Quicken data file. I had them separated by bank, but that became a problem jumping back and forth to different files.
I only prefer doing it manually so Quicken or the bank don't screw things up which has happened before. Tracking all of these accounts is a pain for me because with only a couple of accounts I could do it in Excel. It's just that Excel isn't a good substitute and there's too much work involved in getting it to do what Quicken already does.
I have every bill I can on automatic payment from my credit or checking account (prefer credit for the points and the time delay of paying it so I can manage the cash flow easier). And the credit card is automatic pay from my checking account. I have been doing that for at least 15 years probably longer.
It is the main reason I have no need for a bill pay system.
And since I'm now basically retired and I have simplified the accounts I use. I could really just stop using Quicken and check the accounts from time to time online.
Quicken is more of a hobby for me these days than anything else.
While I understand that the data download service connectivity is why I was forced to "upgrade" every 3 years, but to now essentially force me to "upgrade" EVERY year is just crazy for the price they are asking. Make it $25 a year and I would probably swallow it, but to charge me $45 every year is just crazy!
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My wife and I each want our own credentials to access the same quicken database. That makes sense, doesn't it? That is how our joint bank accounts work. Each of us can go into separate bank branches, present credentials, and perform transactions. We want that same paradigm in our financial tracking software, and we can't seem to find it. Why not?
I don't understand why this isn't more widely supported/adopted, yet.
This discussion is about improvements so I don't think the topic should be debated while looking through today's lens.
The financial picture of 2+ people is often a mix of individual and joint accounts, privacy, and transparency. It would make sense for financial software to follow the same model. I would like to have my individual accounts, and we [wife & I] should be able to have our joint accounts all under the same software roof, each with our own credentials, each with applicable privacy and transparency. One step further, I would like to get my kid(s) setup, too, so I can monitor their accounts, they can learn to manage money, ... and can grow up to be quicken users on their own subscription.
Tomorrow, there could be a multi-user license version with privacy and permissions settings that enable 2 or more people to have all their financials in one spot; mom/dad, kids, individual & joint accounts, etc... Dad has an account, Mom has an account, m&d have joint accounts, junior has his account - one that m&d can monitor and use for teaching.
Of course, that is a big leap from where Quicken is today but part of buying the subscription is the promise of continuous improvement, and this is the broad use-case which describes what I would like to see from a product like Quicken.
If I understand you correctly, you are essentially looking for multi-user access with access levels IN THE SAME FILE. If so, that would be a different type of IDEA and should be in a different thread.
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