One cosmetic change this time is that Intuit is apparently sunsetting the 'sunset' term itself, opting instead to now call its crippleware tactics a 'discontinuation' policy instead. That's become Intuit's standard M.O., of course, but what makes it worse than ever is how the company has been ignoring complaints that one of those online features - downloading stock quotes - often gives wildly inaccurate data.Īround this time each year we hear from Quicken (and QuickBooks) customers who've just discovered that a perfectly fine program they bought a few years ago is about to be rendered useless by Intuit under its arbitrary sunset policies. Quicken 2005 owners have been receiving 'discontinuation' notices that as April 30, 2008, all the program's online functions will be turned off.
Intuit's never-ending campaign to force customers to upgrade by crippling older versions of its software has reached a new low.
