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[https://www.seattleavionics.com/ '''Seattle Avionics'''] is a company that specializes in providing software for general aviation aircraft. FlyQ EFB was an [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_flight_bag electronic flight bag] application available for iPad and iPhone which was primarily geared towards non-commercial (Part 91, general aviation) aircraft use. General Aviation pilots mostly favored other competing electronic flight bags, all of which required yearly subscriptions.

{{InfoboxCompany

| Name = Seattle Avionics

| Type = Private

| Founded = 2002<ref name="about">https://www.seattleavionics.com/company/</ref>

| Industry = Software

| Official Website = https://www.seattleavionics.com/

| Logo = Seattle Avionics.png

}}

[[Wikipedia:Seattle Avionics|'''Seattle Avionics''']] is a company that specializes in providing software for general aviation aircraft.<ref name="about" /> FlyQ EFB was an [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_flight_bag electronic flight bag] application available for iPad and iPhone which was primarily geared towards non-commercial (Part 91, general aviation) aircraft use. General Aviation pilots mostly favored other competing electronic flight bags, all of which required yearly subscriptions.

==FlyQ EFB change to terms of service==

Seattle Avionics offered lifetime subscriptions annually during Black Friday for many of its subscription-based products, including FlyQ EFB. Eventually, Seattle Avionics would stop offering deals for lifetime subscriptions. Around September 2020, Seattle Avionics was acquired by AFV Partners.<ref>https://www.aopa.org/news-and-media/all-news/2020/september/24/seattle-avionics-acquired-by-technology-investor</ref>

Seattle Avionics offered lifetime subscriptions annually during Black Friday for many of its subscription-based products, including FlyQ EFB. Eventually, Seattle Avionics would stop offering deals for lifetime subscriptions. Around September 2020, Seattle Avionics was acquired by AFV Partners.<ref>{{Cite web |date=24 Sep 2020 |title=Seattle Avionics acquired by technology investor |url=https://www.aopa.org/news-and-media/all-news/2020/september/24/seattle-avionics-acquired-by-technology-investor |url-status=live |access-date=15 Mar 2025 |website=[[AOPA]]}}</ref>

On July 19, 2024, Seattle Avionics sent an email to FlyQ EFB lifetime subscribers. This email began with announcing bug fixes, new features, and even a new version. Below this section was a section detailing a "change" to the lifetime program:<blockquote>In order to continue investing at this pace, starting today, we’re making the following changes to our Lifetime program:

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3. In 30 days, Lifetime customers who do not move to a new annual subscription can download a forthcoming new FlyQ EFB Legacy 6.9.1 and use it for a year, after which it will be sunset. As the version number implies, FlyQ EFB Legacy is the same as FlyQ EFB 6.9.1 released in May 2024 and does not include the features or fixes in FlyQ+ EFB 7.0.

Once again, thank you so much for your support over the years. We’re excited to aggressively move FlyQ+ into the future with both defect fixes and industry-leading new features while retaining FlyQ’s famous ease of use! We look forward to you joining us on this exciting journey.<ref group="Full Email Communications">[[:File:FlyQ 1 19Jul2024.PNG]]</ref></blockquote>Pilots voiced dissatisfaction toward these policy changes on various general aviation forums including on Reddit,<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/flying/comments/1e7e6bu/flyq_efb_revokes_lifetime_subscription/~~?ref~~=~~share&ref_source~~=~~link~~</ref> Pilots of America,<ref>https://www.pilotsofamerica.com/community/threads/seattle-avionics.148039/</ref> and Mooney Space.<ref>https://mooneyspace.com/topic/49042-i-guess-i-have-13-months-to-live-just-kidding/</ref> AVWeb further wrote an article outlining this email.<ref>https://www.avweb.com/aviation-news/seattle-avionics-ends-lifetime-subscription-memberships-for-flyq-efb/</ref> The timing was directly before [https://www.eaa.org/airventure EAA Airventure] 2024, the world's largest event for general aviation where Seattle Avionics had their own booth. Shortly after, on July 31, Seattle Avionics sent a second email updating lifetime subscribers.<blockquote>We announced and released our new app FlyQ+ EFB 7.0 on Friday July 19, 2024. We also announced that we'll be releasing the FlyQ Legacy app for FlyQ Lifetime subscribers soon. Since that time, we received numerous emails from FlyQ Lifetime users, spoke to many people at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, and reviewed posts on social media. Based on the feedback we received, we are making the following updates:

Once again, thank you so much for your support over the years. We’re excited to aggressively move FlyQ+ into the future with both defect fixes and industry-leading new features while retaining FlyQ’s famous ease of use! We look forward to you joining us on this exciting journey.<ref group="Full Email Communications">[[:File:FlyQ 1 19Jul2024.PNG]]</ref></blockquote>Pilots voiced dissatisfaction toward these policy changes on various general aviation forums including on Reddit,<ref>{{Cite web |title=FlyQ EFB Revokes Lifetime Subscription |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/flying/comments/1e7e6bu/flyq_efb_revokes_lifetime_subscription/ |url-status=live |access-date=15 Mar 2025 |website=[[Reddit]]}}</ref> Pilots of America,<ref>{{Cite web |last=@Revkurt |date=19 Jul 2024 |title=Seattle Avionics |url=https://www.pilotsofamerica.com/community/threads/seattle-avionics.148039/ |url-status=live |access-date=15 Mar 2025 |website=[[Pilots of America]]}}</ref> and Mooney Space.<ref>{{Cite web |last=@DonMuncy |date=20 Jul 2024 |title=I guess I have 13 months to live (just kidding) |url=https://mooneyspace.com/topic/49042-i-guess-i-have-13-months-to-live-just-kidding/ |url-status=live |access-date=15 Mar 2025 |website=[[MooneySpace]]}}</ref> AVWeb further wrote an article outlining this email.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Walsh |first=Amelia |date=20 Jul 2024 |title=Seattle Avionics Ends Lifetime Subscription Memberships For FlyQ EFB |url=https://www.avweb.com/aviation-news/seattle-avionics-ends-lifetime-subscription-memberships-for-flyq-efb/ |url-status=live |access-date=15 Mar 2025 |website=[[AVweb]]}}</ref> The timing was directly before [https://www.eaa.org/airventure EAA Airventure] 2024, the world's largest event for general aviation where Seattle Avionics had their own booth. Shortly after, on July 31, Seattle Avionics sent a second email updating lifetime subscribers.<blockquote>We announced and released our new app FlyQ+ EFB 7.0 on Friday July 19, 2024. We also announced that we'll be releasing the FlyQ Legacy app for FlyQ Lifetime subscribers soon. Since that time, we received numerous emails from FlyQ Lifetime users, spoke to many people at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, and reviewed posts on social media. Based on the feedback we received, we are making the following updates:

*Lifetime users can continue to use FlyQ without any additional charge by downloading the FlyQ Legacy app, which we are releasing in the coming weeks. FlyQ Legacy will be version 6.9.2 to reflect that it’s based on FlyQ EFB 6.9.1 but also includes stability fixes added in FlyQ+ EFB 7.0.0 as well as fixes being added to forthcoming FlyQ+ EFB 7.0.2.

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(+) The only difference will be that new features, beyond what was in FlyQ EFB 6.9.1, will only be enabled for annual subscribers. To be clear, this means that all users will continue to receive bug fixes and new releases as iOS updates are produced but only annual subscribers will benefit from the new features added in FlyQ+ 7.0 and later.<ref group="Full Email Communications">[[:File:FlyQ 3 02Oct2024.PNG]]</ref></blockquote>This update gave lifetime customers continued access to the app and miscellaneous fixes, as the company was still active and actively developing the app, but would exclude lifetime subscribers from any additional features now included in the equivalent subscriptions today.

== References ==

==References==

===Email communications===

[[Category:~~Software companies~~]]

[[Category:Seattle Avionics]]

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-[https://www.seattleavionics.com/ '''Seattle Avionics'''] is a company that specializes in providing software for general aviation aircraft. FlyQ EFB was an [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_flight_bag electronic flight bag] application available for iPad and iPhone which was primarily geared towards non-commercial (Part 91, general aviation) aircraft use. General Aviation pilots mostly favored other competing electronic flight bags, all of which required yearly subscriptions.
+{{InfoboxCompany
+| Name = Seattle Avionics
+| Type = Private
+| Founded = 2002<ref name="about">https://www.seattleavionics.com/company/</ref>
+| Industry = Software
+| Official Website = https://www.seattleavionics.com/
+| Logo = Seattle Avionics.png
+}}
+[[Wikipedia:Seattle Avionics|'''Seattle Avionics''']] is a company that specializes in providing software for general aviation aircraft.<ref name="about" /> FlyQ EFB was an [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_flight_bag electronic flight bag] application available for iPad and iPhone which was primarily geared towards non-commercial (Part 91, general aviation) aircraft use. General Aviation pilots mostly favored other competing electronic flight bags, all of which required yearly subscriptions.
 ==FlyQ EFB change to terms of service==
-Seattle Avionics offered lifetime subscriptions annually during Black Friday for many of its subscription-based products, including FlyQ EFB. Eventually, Seattle Avionics would stop offering deals for lifetime subscriptions. Around September 2020, Seattle Avionics was acquired by AFV Partners.<ref>https://www.aopa.org/news-and-media/all-news/2020/september/24/seattle-avionics-acquired-by-technology-investor</ref>
+Seattle Avionics offered lifetime subscriptions annually during Black Friday for many of its subscription-based products, including FlyQ EFB. Eventually, Seattle Avionics would stop offering deals for lifetime subscriptions. Around September 2020, Seattle Avionics was acquired by AFV Partners.<ref>{{Cite web |date=24 Sep 2020 |title=Seattle Avionics acquired by technology investor |url=https://www.aopa.org/news-and-media/all-news/2020/september/24/seattle-avionics-acquired-by-technology-investor |url-status=live |access-date=15 Mar 2025 |website=[[AOPA]]}}</ref>
 On July 19, 2024, Seattle Avionics sent an email to FlyQ EFB lifetime subscribers. This email began with announcing bug fixes, new features, and even a new version. Below this section was a section detailing a "change" to the lifetime program:<blockquote>In order to continue investing at this pace, starting today, we’re making the following changes to our Lifetime program:
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 . In 30 days, Lifetime customers who do not move to a new annual subscription can download a forthcoming new FlyQ EFB Legacy 6.9.1 and use it for a year, after which it will be sunset. As the version number implies, FlyQ EFB Legacy is the same as FlyQ EFB 6.9.1 released in May 2024 and does not include the features or fixes in FlyQ+ EFB 7.0.
-Once again, thank you so much for your support over the years. We’re excited to aggressively move FlyQ+ into the future with both defect fixes and industry-leading new features while retaining FlyQ’s famous ease of use! We look forward to you joining us on this exciting journey.<ref group="Full Email Communications">[[:File:FlyQ 1 19Jul2024.PNG]]</ref></blockquote>Pilots voiced dissatisfaction toward these policy changes on various general aviation forums including on Reddit,<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/flying/comments/1e7e6bu/flyq_efb_revokes_lifetime_subscription/?ref=share&ref_source=link</ref> Pilots of America,<ref>https://www.pilotsofamerica.com/community/threads/seattle-avionics.148039/</ref> and Mooney Space.<ref>https://mooneyspace.com/topic/49042-i-guess-i-have-13-months-to-live-just-kidding/</ref> AVWeb further wrote an article outlining this email.<ref>https://www.avweb.com/aviation-news/seattle-avionics-ends-lifetime-subscription-memberships-for-flyq-efb/</ref> The timing was directly before [https://www.eaa.org/airventure EAA Airventure] 2024, the world's largest event for general aviation where Seattle Avionics had their own booth. Shortly after, on July 31, Seattle Avionics sent a second email updating lifetime subscribers.<blockquote>We announced and released our new app FlyQ+ EFB 7.0 on Friday July 19, 2024. We also announced that we'll be releasing the FlyQ Legacy app for FlyQ Lifetime subscribers soon. Since that time, we received numerous emails from FlyQ Lifetime users, spoke to many people at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, and reviewed posts on social media. Based on the feedback we received, we are making the following updates:
+Once again, thank you so much for your support over the years. We’re excited to aggressively move FlyQ+ into the future with both defect fixes and industry-leading new features while retaining FlyQ’s famous ease of use! We look forward to you joining us on this exciting journey.<ref group="Full Email Communications">[[:File:FlyQ 1 19Jul2024.PNG]]</ref></blockquote>Pilots voiced dissatisfaction toward these policy changes on various general aviation forums including on Reddit,<ref>{{Cite web |title=FlyQ EFB Revokes Lifetime Subscription |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/flying/comments/1e7e6bu/flyq_efb_revokes_lifetime_subscription/ |url-status=live |access-date=15 Mar 2025 |website=[[Reddit]]}}</ref> Pilots of America,<ref>{{Cite web |last=@Revkurt |date=19 Jul 2024 |title=Seattle Avionics |url=https://www.pilotsofamerica.com/community/threads/seattle-avionics.148039/ |url-status=live |access-date=15 Mar 2025 |website=[[Pilots of America]]}}</ref> and Mooney Space.<ref>{{Cite web |last=@DonMuncy |date=20 Jul 2024 |title=I guess I have 13 months to live (just kidding) |url=https://mooneyspace.com/topic/49042-i-guess-i-have-13-months-to-live-just-kidding/ |url-status=live |access-date=15 Mar 2025 |website=[[MooneySpace]]}}</ref> AVWeb further wrote an article outlining this email.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Walsh |first=Amelia |date=20 Jul 2024 |title=Seattle Avionics Ends Lifetime Subscription Memberships For FlyQ EFB |url=https://www.avweb.com/aviation-news/seattle-avionics-ends-lifetime-subscription-memberships-for-flyq-efb/ |url-status=live |access-date=15 Mar 2025 |website=[[AVweb]]}}</ref> The timing was directly before [https://www.eaa.org/airventure EAA Airventure] 2024, the world's largest event for general aviation where Seattle Avionics had their own booth. Shortly after, on July 31, Seattle Avionics sent a second email updating lifetime subscribers.<blockquote>We announced and released our new app FlyQ+ EFB 7.0 on Friday July 19, 2024. We also announced that we'll be releasing the FlyQ Legacy app for FlyQ Lifetime subscribers soon. Since that time, we received numerous emails from FlyQ Lifetime users, spoke to many people at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, and reviewed posts on social media. Based on the feedback we received, we are making the following updates:
 *Lifetime users can continue to use FlyQ without any additional charge by downloading the FlyQ Legacy app, which we are releasing in the coming weeks. FlyQ Legacy will be version 6.9.2 to reflect that it’s based on FlyQ EFB 6.9.1 but also includes stability fixes added in FlyQ+ EFB 7.0.0 as well as fixes being added to forthcoming FlyQ+ EFB 7.0.2.
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 (+) The only difference will be that new features, beyond what was in FlyQ EFB 6.9.1, will only be enabled for annual subscribers. To be clear, this means that all users will continue to receive bug fixes and new releases as iOS updates are produced but only annual subscribers will benefit from the new features added in FlyQ+ 7.0 and later.<ref group="Full Email Communications">[[:File:FlyQ 3 02Oct2024.PNG]]</ref></blockquote>This update gave lifetime customers continued access to the app and miscellaneous fixes, as the company was still active and actively developing the app, but would exclude lifetime subscribers from any additional features now included in the equivalent subscriptions today.
-== References ==
+==References==
 <references />
+===Email communications===
 <references group="Full Email Communications" />
-[[Category:Software companies]]
+[[Category:Seattle Avionics]]