I'm a Kemper user since 2015.
First got the toaster, then also a stage.
For me, Kemper was a company of stability.
Means you buy a device and you know what you have. And futural updates bring additional benefit for free.
Now Kemper isn't such a company any longer for me.
No trusting anymore. Maybe futural updates even for the stage will cost money. Who knows.
I guess a lot of people lost their trust in Kemper.