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July 5, 2019 at 7:17 am #1411617

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any money put into a kickstarter has to be “If I lose this I don’t care” attitude and very disposable much like any money people bet/buy shares etc with.

Because otherwise you are enforcing a shop dynamic or something which isn’t that (at best its a ‘beta’ shop dynamic –

No. For the projects we are looking at backing KS is a pre-order system. It just happens to be a pre-order system that actively circumvents all the consumer protection legislation that has been set up.

The sooner the law is changed to catch up with KS and their ilk the better.

If you have deep enough pockets to write off cash for poor quality products, products that don’t deliver what was promised, or just run off with your cash then good for you. I just don’t see that supporting KS is doing anything other than perpetuating a model that screws consumers.

If KS really was an investment platform then it would be nice to own shares in CMON for backing their first games as I would be getting regular returns on my investment (or a big payout when they sold out to the big boys).