The main issue with the updates not to real innovation, bug fixes, etc., but above all to the digital certificates that have an expiration date and that are absolutely necessary for communication with the banks. Are these certificates expired can kloppen the program in the bin. The expense for these certificates and other banking changes to send even older versions is minimal. However, since the software provider to already sold programs deserve nothing, you will be compelled to a forced upgrade to the next higher version number.
It would be fair to point out that the same limited period of use or offer the same only their subscription system. Instead of talk in the description of a "future-proof program", which is an absolute lie.
If you want to use StarMoney, is planning a biennial having to buy a new version. Although the update service for a newly appeared StarMoney version is about 3 years, but one year before getting a new version comes out. Because of the overlap so unfortunately effectively only a two-year term.