“More recently, Intuit has discontinued support for the desktop version entirely in an effort to force all users to its online, paid-by-the-month service.”
LWN started looking for a QuickBooks replacement in 2007 and finally switched to GnuCash 16 years later. QuickBooks forced paid updates with nothing new, crashed often, and capped features to push the “enterprise” tier. Then Intuit killed the desktop version to force a subscription. Intuit spent years earning this departure.