Look forward to trying the new features. But angry that I have advertising intruding as I try to use the program. Why do I pay to have myself bombarded by advertising. There is no "NO" button, just a learn more button!
I agree with the anti-advertising sentiments above. But trying to look at this dispassionately, these promotional deals Quicken does with third-party companies are obviously a piece of their revenue model. So while it's easy for us to say "make the ads go away!" I think the real question to users is whether we'd be willing to pay a little more to Quicken for them to not have these deals that push ads at us. Of course, none of us knows how much money they take in on these deals, so it's impossible to guess if they'd need 50¢ or $1 or $5 per user to make the ads go away.
My experience has been that these offers come along pretty infrequently, and so if clicking two buttons to dismiss the ad helps keep the price of Quicken down, I'm okay with that; it takes me two seconds. If the ads became more frequent, I'd be more annoyed about it, but it seems to me they come less than once a month. Again, I agree with those who say we're paying for the software so it should be ad/"offer" free -- but I don't think I'd want to pay more for Quicken to replace their ad revenue with more money from me.
QMac 2007 & QMac Subscription • Quicken user since 1993
Look forward to trying the new features. But angry that I have advertising intruding as I try to use the program. Why do I pay to have myself bombarded by advertising. There is no "NO" button, just a learn more button!
100% agree!
Sorry, what advertising are you seeing? Is it for Quicken-branded services? One person's advertisement is another person's opportunity. We had a bunch of people take advantage of the savings account and credit cards. Heck, I got my free $400 bucks when my wife and son each signed up individually for a Quicken Savings account. I don't mind free money :-). I guess I wouldn't personally characterize it as being bombarded but maybe we're talking about 2 different things or we have different levels of sensitivity which is fine.
In any case, those pop-ups only appear once when you launch the product and then you can dismiss them by clicking the close button in the upper left corner like all Mac windows. They may appear again if marketing pushes them for a new campaign but that shouldn't happen very often.
This afternoon I started Quicken and annoying advertising window appeared over my data. It was for Quicken/Allstate Identity Protection. The only way I could get rid of it was to click on "Learn More" - not acceptable! And, clicking the button took me to Quicken.com! When contacting Quicken support they advised me that "Quicken does not do advertising within our products. However, it's obvious Quicken does. If this is being done I'm beginning to be concerned about whether the data I have loaded into my Quicken product can be compromised. For sure, I do not expect advertising on top of a product that I have subscribed to and would prefer not to see any in the future.
Current Offer "advertisements" is a very UNWELCOME! new feature for a service that I buy on a 2-year subscription. How dare you change the terms of your customer relationship to insert commercials for products I don't want to see! Do you want to start reimbursing subscription rates already paid?
Look forward to trying the new features. But angry that I have advertising intruding as I try to use the program. Why do I pay to have myself bombarded by advertising. There is no "NO" button, just a learn more button!
100% agree!
... In any case, those pop-ups only appear once when you launch the product and then you can dismiss them by clicking the close button in the upper left corner like all Mac windows. They may appear again if marketing pushes them for a new campaign but that shouldn't happen very often.
Marcus, thanks for monitoring and replying, it is appreciated! The good news is I'm not seeing reports of major problems for this update so I'm going to install it.
Yes, the pop-ups are for Quicken approved sales pitches. It would be better if there was a button that said "don't show me this again". My experience on this one matches what you said, however, not knowing that just closing the window will prevent it showing again (i.e. the same as a button saying "don't show me this again") is not intuitive and leads to unnecessary confusion.
This "feature" just appeared in my Quicken for Mac application. I am quite upset that the terms of my two-year subscription were changed to allow pop-up advertisements.
I have been using Quicken since it was a DOS product. i have never been as upset with Quicken as I am after seeing a pop up add for an Allstate insurance product. Anyone else?
I got the Allstate ad, too. What is worse, the popup came onto my computer behind other windows I had open. I was waiting and waiting for Quicken to start. After a while, I started iconizing windows to see if there was a pop-up that was preventing Quicken from starting. An ad for Allstate? Over the last 50 years, I have learned to detest Allstate. [removed - rant/off-topic/speculation]
Pretty upset about this as I don't look forward to looking for alternative software after switching back to quicken a year ago (was using [removed]). Just not acceptable that as a paid subscriber, we are subject to this. Offer a free/subsidized plan with ads but don't push these on unknowing, existing customers. It's bad enough they are abusing our emails to push 3rd party ads...but this behavior goes over the line
Agree with the consensus. Do away with the ads. I am a home user and have used Quicken since the 90's. I do not do heavy investing or bill paying with this software, just basic banking/reconciliation. I tolerated the required update every 3 years. Now there is a yearly subscription fee which appears to be about the cost of the software that I was purchasing every 3 years. So basically fees have tripled and you want to spam me with ads?! Having sync issues EVERY time you choose to upgrade my software, there is a good chance I will not be a customer after my subscription ends.
I agree that the ads are undesirable. But… They come up once every couple months, and take 3 seconds to dismiss. In less than the time it took to type any of the messages above, one could dismiss all the ads that come up over a year.
Again, I wish they would get rid of the "offers" like most users, but I guess I don't understand why it's such a big deal creating "Hate, HATE HATE!!!!"
QMac 2007 & QMac Subscription • Quicken user since 1993
Tonight I saw something from Quicken Deluxe 2019 for Mac (Version 5.13.0, Build 513.30536.100 on macOS 10.15) I've never seen before and REALLY don't like, a pop-under ad window for Allstate Identity Protection.
I don't mind paying an annual fee for Quicken, but absolutely do not want to both pay an annual fee and then still have ads imposed on me. Paid customers should, at the very least, be given a preference setting to turn off all such ads.
It is more the fact that it is offensive and unprofessional - I never said that it was difficult to deal with (I even mentioned that it is possible to clear them).
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It's ridiculous that we now have to put up with ads inside of a product we pay for, that isn't inexpensive, by the way. I will be on the lookout for an alternative. What a [removed] move, Quicken.
Do you seriously not realize your clients use Quicken for security and peace of mind with our finances? Think about it. How would you react if one of your trusted work confidants told you they shared your personal information with someone that asked you about them because they didn't think you would mind? What motivated you to do this? [removed - rant]
QUICKEN, I paid for a year subscription. Please stop sending us advertising via a pop up window in the application. Also we should not have to dig into menus to turn off advertisements. I like the application however it is wrong for you to send us any types of ads via application pop ups because we did not download it as freeware or trial version. I have been a faithful user for many years please stop messing up the application!
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My experience has been that these offers come along pretty infrequently, and so if clicking two buttons to dismiss the ad helps keep the price of Quicken down, I'm okay with that; it takes me two seconds. If the ads became more frequent, I'd be more annoyed about it, but it seems to me they come less than once a month. Again, I agree with those who say we're paying for the software so it should be ad/"offer" free -- but I don't think I'd want to pay more for Quicken to replace their ad revenue with more money from me.
In any case, those pop-ups only appear once when you launch the product and then you can dismiss them by clicking the close button in the upper left corner like all Mac windows. They may appear again if marketing pushes them for a new campaign but that shouldn't happen very often.
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Yes, the pop-ups are for Quicken approved sales pitches. It would be better if there was a button that said "don't show me this again". My experience on this one matches what you said, however, not knowing that just closing the window will prevent it showing again (i.e. the same as a button saying "don't show me this again") is not intuitive and leads to unnecessary confusion.
Quicken - that is completely out of bounds. This is a paid service and ads aren't part of the bargain.
I'm paying (and not a small amount) annually for using Quicken, and you're hawking Allstate Insurance to me?
If I wanted something to display advertisements, I wouldn't be paying for Quicken.
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Again, I wish they would get rid of the "offers" like most users, but I guess I don't understand why it's such a big deal creating "Hate, HATE HATE!!!!"
I don't mind paying an annual fee for Quicken, but absolutely do not want to both pay an annual fee and then still have ads imposed on me. Paid customers should, at the very least, be given a preference setting to turn off all such ads.
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