“However, as part of my work on investigating a Quicken 2007 replacement - a longer post on that very topic is coming out shortly - I discovered that Quicken has done themselves something of a disservice with their marketing,” Griffiths writes. “When Mac Quicken 2018 was announced as subscription only, I vented on Twitter: ‘Quicken is now sold on a membership basis.’ Screw that-it’d cost me $50/year just for quote downloads, basically.'” Rob Griffiths writes for The Robservatory.