Windows Version Requirements Going Forward

[user17634017183]

The shorter answer is the Canadien Governmemt actually places the benefit of their people over that of the wealthy  big business concerns and thus does not allow unscripulous and caprecious actions by said big businesses.

This is just further erosion of Intuits purported reason for not continuing to support Windows 10 any longer. The allwged security concerns are mitigated by WIN10continued support, but apparently do not exist for business version users or Canadians.  They obviously have graduated from Wash DC political  BS school. I am amazed the  CEO doesn't have a cabinet position.

[leafnose]

I'll admit I was flabbergasted to read that Win 10 is supported for the Canadians. 

It just reeks of "Make it Easier for Ourselves," and avoid paying coders, and developers the extra money that would have given most of us the ability to stay on the Win 10 platform.

This is a bad trend. Expect that TT will push the online product as their primary tool going forward. 

The folks declaring they're moving the HR Block software may be on the wiser end of this situation.

[M-MTax]

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@user17634017183 wrote:

The shorter answer is the Canadien Governmemt actually places the benefit of their people over that of the wealthy  big business......

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Why would Intuit give one hoot about the Canadian Government?

Again, it's more likely that Intuit does not want to face a class action lawsuit (or more than one) because some users had issues running, completing, or having their data compromised because they weren't running the latest version of Windows.

[M-MTax]

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@leafnose wrote:

The folks declaring they're moving the HR Block software may be on the wiser end of this situation.

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For the time being? Perhaps, but they're going to wind up in the same boat within the next few years.

[sawdustguy]

You are probably correct, however there could be the possibility that H&R Block picks up a substantial segment of disillusioned TT customers and experiences little or no issues supporting Win 10 machines and goes forward with support longer than one would anticipate. Time will tell but for now I definitely will switch. For me personally, this is the second time Intuit has shafted me as back in 2017 they sold off Quicken and the new owners went to annual online subscription. I am not a fan of having my financial information in "The Cloud" so I am still operating with my 2017 desktop version of Quicken

[leafnose]

And you're right

I'm still operating on Quicken 2012 Deluxe.

I tried a later version at some point that was some odd hybrid. It was so busy trying to move me to the Cloud it was annoying. 

[user17634017183]

In a few years all will be in the same boat as Microsoft will implement their newest WINxx as part of their planned obsolesence initiative.

[user17634017183]

Yup. Me too. Does everything I need despite being 14 yrs old.

[M-MTax]

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@sawdustguy wrote:

You are probably correct, however there could be the possibility that H&R Block picks up a substantial segment of disillusioned TT customers....

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Yes, it's distinct possibility, Regardless, I doubt they care much since the margins for their desktop software are likely even lower than Intuit's.

[M-MTax]

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@user17634017183 wrote:

In a few years all will be in the same boat as Microsoft will implement their newest WINxx as part of their planned obsolesence initiative.

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I have no way of knowing, of course, but I tend to doubt MSFT is going to pull out a major OS upgrade that requires a significant number of users to ditch their hardware that is less than a few years old. That may, and likely will, happen eventually, but not in a "few years".

[Georgeagraham]

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