Hey Steve, thanks for writing in. The platform should definitely be encouraging people to spontaneously connect without having one person foot the bill. I wanted to highlight that if you’re cool with other people listening in on your jam, you can broadcast for free on JackTrip Radio as of the latest release
Here’s the Radio announcement: Introducing JackTrip Radio
Even better than splitting the bill equally would be no bill at all 
Hope this works for you! Happy Jamming!