I think the qb team and engineers are missing the point. This is not only insane and inefficient for most users, but they're not listening to their primary demographic. ALL of my clients have expressed frustration with this "feature". They have ALL decided to research alternative accounting solutions. We know there are not many alternatives to QB, BUT with problems like this someone will take the time to compete. This "feature" is unnecessary especially for small businesses or one-man operations and, in my opinion as well as others, actually decreases security by forcing those that remain offline to have an online account. This "feature" simply needs to be optional. If you made it optional those that want it or need it could use it and be happy that Intuit created it and for all the rest (90% of users) they could disable it. To force something so intrusive on a userbase is not only in poor taste, but will definitely cause defection. I too have been with QB for 30 years and I too am looking for an alternative. We have enough frustration in this world and do not need more.