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p/jam-4Binge more. Pay less. With friends! 😍
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John Backus

Jam! - Binge more. Pay less. With friends! 😍

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Stop texting your friends for logins. Get access to services your friends pay for, instantly and securely.
Jam is a social password manager. It helps users find ways to save money, split costs, and stay secure.

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P.J. Leimgruber
This maker comes from a very robust security background having helped build both identity verification (Cognito) and decentralized identity (Bloom). TLDR this is a common sense evolution of the behavior we all are doing anyway, just in a more safe/secure way. Lot's of neat futures in the works, exciting to follow this project as it unfolds. Congrats Jam team!
Amrith
@jbackus3 you probably already know that these services are probably gonna come after you and get you to shut this down 😅 I'm genuinely curious what your plan is to prevent them from shutting Jam down 🤔 I saw @joshconstine wrote about y'all earlier today too 👀
John Backus
Maker
@amrith Jam is perfectly legal. Plenty of password managers let you share. Most of that sharing is just enterprise focused today. Plenty of websites also condone account sharing, and that is what Jam is for.
Lilia Tovbin
@jbackus3 So it's simply a password manager? And you just choose to mention entertainment brands and savings in your marketing materials as one possible use of the app?
John Backus
Maker
@lilia_tovbin Yup, it's just a password manager that focuses on the sharing experience and is supposed to feel fun. It's not supposed to compete with 1password and the like, it's a different use case.
Lilia Tovbin
@jbackus3 Yup, got it. I use 1Password for household pw sharing but only because I already have a biz account and it's just an extra vault for personal use. Jam would have different type of access management I imagine... I think a group subscribing to split cost is a great marketing angle...
John Backus
Maker
@lilia_tovbin Exactly :) You get it!
Divyansh Patel
Nice idea @jbackus3 . Congratulations on the launch. I have personally shared passwords few times with my family. Would like to definitely try it. Is it possible to send an invite?
Ouriel Ohayon
countdown until cease and decist! cool idea though
Lilia Tovbin
@ourielohayon It's just a password manager, but the marketing angle and product positioning is what's causing the controversy... I was thrown off till the maker described the app differently. I would probably tone down the marketing angle to make it sound more wider purpose and relatable...
Chris Messina
Top Hunter
@ourielohayon @lilia_tovbin yeah but toning down the marketing might reduce the appeal. The other password managers can be used this way too, but none of them tell you how. :)
John Backus
Maker
@chrismessina @lilia_tovbin I haven't mentioned any brands in any marketing or comms :)
Lilia Tovbin
@chrismessina @jbackus3 @solveforux besides the Netflix logo in the background of the promo image (isn't that a trademark violation?) in TechCrunch article, there is Product Hund Daily newsletter: "There's now a password manager for you and your friends to share Netflix/HBO/Spotify/Disney+ logins. Is this legal? Lol." TechCrunch leads the article with: "Can’t afford Netflix and HBO and Spotify and Disney+? Now there’s an app specially built for giving pals your passwords" The angle may work as a growth hack, but could backfire... I guess we wait and see.
John Backus
Maker
@chrismessina @solveforux @lilia_tovbin Yup, not me :) I didn't write any of that and I didn't even associate the TechCrunch article with this post. I can't control the TechCrunch header and I wasn't given a preview of the article before it went live. 🤷
Noor Siddiqui
@jbackus3 is brilliant! This is a beautiful, wicked fast and fun app solving a problem plaguing us all. Thanks 🙏
John Backus
Maker
@noor_s thanks Noor!
David Tran
Great tool for share my account and save my money. Glad you build it!
Derek Jobst
I've been wanting something like this for a while now, thanks for building it!
Chris Messina
Top Hunter
This is a pretty fascinating social experiment... shared my thoughts here: https://twitter.com/chrismessina...
Abinash Mohanty
Nice product and initiatives @jbackus3 I'm super excited to test this. Can I have an invite please. I can send you a bug report 🤟🏻
Lorenzo Di Capua
Hi guys, I'm on the list, how to get an invite? thanks!