Having been a paying subscriber (Internet Security for 6 pcs and Secureline for 2) for almost 10 years I found the ability to monitor my licenses versus PCs EXTREMELY valuable and one of the things that set AVAST apart from the competition. It seems like the company is now removing capability and continuing to increase prices. After 10 years I would hate to change but as I start to feel more and more like I am losing capability and paying more and more money. Evaluating and potentially finding a another product would just be good consumer sense.
I don't understand how it would take 6 months to develop and launch a capability that already exists. If you are not able to separate paying from free wouldn't it make better business sense to to roll in the separation in Q3 rather than take away from paying subscribers now?
I am NOT HAPPY with the loss of capability to monitor my licenses, the manner in which the reduction in this capability was done, and the lack of communication with subscribers that we were losing a capability... not to mention this "roadmap" to bring back a capability that was part of my existing subscription (if in fact that is true). All of this will have an immediate impact on my decisions to renew or to find other products rather than continue my long standing subscription.
***Update*** I made an arbitrary decision, much like AVAST deciding to remove device management for the Avast Account of subscribers without notification or compensation, I have cancelled my subscriptions and will be moving to a competitors product that offers significantly better capability, web management of licenses and a lower annual price.