Earlier this month, The Register revealed Sage was advising customers with small business software Sage 50 Accounts and Sage 50cloud Accounts v26.2 (published 2020) or below to move to subscription software because these packages use Transport Layer Security 1.0 and 1.1 – dated versions of the security protocol.
Sounds like a very LAME excuse to me.
However, developers on a separate Sage platform, the cloud-based Intacct, were told in March 2018 to "Ensure your application is configured to negotiate connections using TLS 1.2 or higher.
So they let it happen and bring up that excuse.
It doesn't support this and that so you will pay monthly for it to have the "transport layer".
Bullsh*t:
Users of the affected version of Sage 50 Accounts get a pop-up dialog box telling them to upgrade to 26.3 or 27, but when they try to download the software, only subscription options are available.
I heard that is what they call "pulling a fast one".
Sounds to me like an insult.
I remembered about 5 years ago working somewhere that used Sage accounts where Sage use to email us the program updates.
Meanwhile, The Register understands that customers have been offered refunds on recently purchased upgrade packages , a refund of time remaining on the 15-year perpetual license when they move to the subscription model, and a 12 months free subscription.
Maybe it is time they find an alternative perpetual platform.
https://uk.trustpilot.com/review/sage.com?page=3&stars=1Page 3
Is this the way a Compnay should behave?
I bouth a copy of Stand-alone Sage50 a few years ago, but have received an email today letting me know that later this year I will be unable to log in to my Software unless I upgrade to a newer Cloud based version and start paying a monthly fee. I certainly feel abused by this attitude, and if Sage continue down this route to exploit at least me, if not many other customer's, which I consider to be very shapr practice, I will be using an alternative supplier. I would recommned considerbale caution before buying this package.
So they are not even letting them use the perpetual standalone version past that point for archival purposes?
I thought you could when I last used it to setup and test some printers and I think I was trying to change the path where I saw the data files from it being saved in the wrong place which was the main c:\. I didn't see any login, it just loaded up and that was it. Maybe things have changed since them.
Just found this:
https://www.sagecity.com/ca/sage_50_accounting_ca/b/sage_50_ca_supporthub_blog/posts/a-sage-50cloud-subscription-vs-perpetual-license-what-s-the-differenceWith/Without Service Plan
When you buy a Sage 50 box from retail and install it on a machine, it is a perpetual license, which means you can always use basic accounting functionalities, like posting a general journal entry.
Sage 50 licenses can either be subscription or perpetual. With a non-subscription service plan (like a payroll-only plan, where you get access to the module), you normally pay one time to get entitled for a period of time. After the service plan expires, if you don't renew it, the perpetual user license will continue to allow you access to basic accounting functionalities in the software which do not require an active service plan.
However, if eventually you want to use features that can be accessed only if entitled, such as Remote Data Access, then you'll need to acquire a service plan which entitles access to this feature.
So they still have the basic functionalities and the above was not correct or more like a threat to "upgrade" to their "cloud".
https://www.accountingweb.co.uk/any-answers/sage-50-cloud-wont-work-unless-you-update?page=128th Jan 2022
Sage 50 Cloud - won't work unless you update??
Hi
My Sage 50 (* now called Sage 50 Cloud) is running a warning banner that I won't be able to access my software unless I update to the latest version.
I purchased 5 company sage licences in 2015 - at a time when they were outright purchases, no support needed, no monthly fee. When I purchased the licenses I was led to believe they were perpetual licences, but the small print says they are for 15 years - but I accepted that, fine. The software works fine, it hasn't been updated, but I've used Sage long enough to know how to configure the VAT rates etc.
Now Sage are saying if I don't update, I will loose the software. That's like buying a car, and 5 years later, the dealer says, no we've reverted you to lease hire or you can't keep the car.
I can't be the only one with this problem,
* I am not sure whether an update was slipped over at some point to migrate to their "cloud" version.
If not it sounds to me like a threat or if they can do it I believe it could be through the license/activation which would defeat the purpose of what that was brought on.
Not looking good for Sage and its perpetual customers.