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Unhappy with Acronis Mainstream Support Policy

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I purchased three Acronis True Image 2019 Licenses in July before True Image 2020 was released. I have now a BSOD issue with one of my PCs caused by the Acronis Active Protection. I just found out that I cannot submit a support request because Mainstream Support for ATI 2019 has already ended this August.
I cannot get support for a license that is less than a year old?
I know that I cannot do anything about Acronis' support policy, but I hope someone at Acronis reads this and realizes that support should be granted for at least one year from the purchase of a license.

Thank for reading.

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Hans, welcome to these public User Forums.

Please submit Feedback direct to Acronis using the tool within the ATI GUI Help section.

The current support model has been in place since ATI 2017 or 2018 and is a vast improvement over their previous support policy which only gave 30-days support from date of purchase or activation.

Users today get support for the period of up to 1 year while the product is current, then for a further 30 days after the next new version is released to the public.  Unfortunately this doesn't help those users like yourself who purchase late in the product life cycle but too early to qualify for a free upgrade to the next version!

See KB 63219: How to upgrade to Acronis True Image 2020 - and check whether your purchase of ATI 2019 was before or after July 21st which was the date for a free upgrade?  If you missed the free upgrade by a few days, then try sending a message to Renata Gubaydullina | Product manager, Acronis True Image to see if she can help in any way?

My purchase date was three days off the deadline and I received the upgrade. Thank you.

The direct way to ask for a free upgrade when the purchase date was close to the deadline is to go through "Support".

Hans