Re: Is the new express connect + really slow?

On Tuesday, January 10, 2023 at 12:38:07 PM UTC-6, Taxed and Spent wrote:

> What is the confusion? 

> I don't like hearing when software companies make their programs less useful to users. 

Do you usually draw conclusions by making assumptions for which you have no evidence? 

I don't believe you'll find any evidence to support the notion that this change was initiated by Quicken (the "software compan[y]"), 
since it is the financial institutions who are demanding the change.

Nor is this change (from Direct Connect to Express Web Connect +) likely to be a net loss for Quicken users, since it is a better Connection Method for the long run (costs less and employs better security) - meaning more financial institutions are likely to continue to offer downloads to Quicken. And I believe some financial institutions whose best Connection Method is currently Express Web Connect will now give serious consideration to offering Express Web Connect +, which is a definite improvement over Express Web Connect for users. 

I know of no users who liked the only previous Connection Method alternatives to Direct Connect: Web Connect (user must log on to FI web site and initiate the download ... very SLOW), or Express Web Connect (also slow, with less security ... which FI's were attempting to compensate for by requiring 2FA which slowed the downloads even more ... and made One Step Updates into Multiple Step Updates, which would not complete, if the user was not present to respond to the 2FA request).