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I recognize that Kickstarter funds are donations, but the product I donated to is not the product that was being developed. I was baited with this: "The produc
by coderjames 11y ago
I recognize that Kickstarter funds are donations, but the product I donated to is not the product that was being developed.
I was baited with this: "The product is fully functional today, with the hardware design final, tooling complete, and manufacturing ready to ramp up in the next 30-60 days. We also have fully functional sender apps for Firefox, Chrome, iOS, and Android - you can Fling from any of these platforms on almost any laptop or mobile device." [1]
And this: "Hardware is done! It was actually previewed in June-" [1]
That expectation was switched for this: "After struggling with the DRM development based on Firefox OS for most of this year, we realize continued development of DRM, though showing early signs of promise, will be a long and difficult road. We have come to the conclusion that we will not be able to reliably predict the completion date of the DRM development without significantly more research, development and integration." [2]
So I donated to a project that was 30-60 days away from start of manufacturing and instead found my donation being used to fund development of something else. Why is this not a bait-n-switch? If I'd known what they were going to build, I would have just bought a Chromecast back in October of 2014.
[1] https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/matchstick/matchstick-the-streaming-stick-built-on-firefox-os/description https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/matchstick/matchstick-t...
[2] https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/matchstick/matchstick-the-streaming-stick-built-on-firefox-os/posts/1266549 https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/matchstick/matchstick-t...