Jamkazam is moving onto Paid Subscriptions. Donors and volunteers' thoughts?

[StuartR]

I did awake to a notification of the change. I had feared they would use our good will donations to build a platform they could then bill us for, and they did not disappoint.

Since the pricing includes the max number of players I could argue that that number of players should be included in the price. So one band member buys a $4.95 plan and up to 6 people can be invited into the session hosted by the owner. I am sure that is not their intent, but words have meaning.

I am also concerned abut how much the throttled bandwidth is going to impact connectivity and quality. I like JK and am not prepared to pull the plug just yet. BUT, it is not stable enough - still issues - even with max available bandwidth up until now - to continue paying for very long.

I am going to address the 6 subscribers needed versus 1 subscriber issue with support.

Team JamKazam needs to be careful that they don't kill the horse that got them this far...

I believe it's the audio stream bitrate that is being affected by tier which would affect quality and not latency I'm thinking

Stuart, I understand, but I am wondering HOW MUCH the lower tiers will impact quality. Since we are all currently "Platinum" level, we will not see the impact until we sign-up.

I have to say I am a bit disappointed by the short lead time. Many on here have contributed far more to the GoFundMe than I, and more expertise and sweat equity in developing this. I think you should receive more in return. Just my opinion. 

Quoting from the JK email earlier today:
 "If you contributed $50 or more to our GoFundMe and feel like you should not have to pay monthly subscription fees so close to the time you made this contribution, then please drop us a note at support@jamkazam.com, and please include your name, email address, the amount, and the approximate date you made your contribution. We will talk with you and do our best to work something out that feels fair to you."