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After all, I gave you like $200. It's not the end of the world.
Consumer crowdfunding websites like kickstarter and indiegogo have largely failed to live up to their early hype. Campaigns now fall into two categories: designer vaporware from people you've never heard of, and established companies that don't need crowdfunding but are using it anyway for marketing purposes. On the other hand... niche crowdfunding websites like Crowd Supply seem to be doing better than ever. There a…
I think the "still going after 7 years" means "still hasn't been released after 7 years". It was supposed to be for sale in 2014 and still hasn't shipped yet (from what I can find in Google). The creators have been stringing along their backers for the better part of a decade. As far as utility, it seems like more of a gimmick than something that would get regular use. I can't think of a time when I've been working o…
I think the king of stringing along backers is still Star Citizen who - 8+ years after the original Kickstarter[1] - are still taking crowdfunding money with no finished product in sight. [1] https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cig/star-citizen
They have an alpha that's fun to mess around in and gets big updates 4x a year.
There are plenty of games that cost $60+ that are worse than SC for $45 and the promise of bigger updates.
If CIG folds after a decade, that's not a scam... that's just a mismanaged studio. CIG has delivered a product. You can judge whether it is a good product, but they have delivered and continue to deliver.
Consumer crowdfunding websites like kickstarter and indiegogo have largely failed to live up to their early hype. Campaigns now fall into two categories: designer vaporware from people you've never heard of, and established companies that don't need crowdfunding but are using it anyway for marketing purposes. On the other hand... niche crowdfunding websites like Crowd Supply seem to be doing better than ever. There a…
Anecdata: of the 36 projects (not including projects that failed to get backing) I have backed in the past 8 years: - 4 were outright scams (only 1 was caught and cancelled by KS) - 32 delivered, practically all were very delayed, sometimes by years. - Of the 32, most were as promised, but some turned out useless - At least half I regretted buying One thing that was very apparent (here as IRL) is that software projec…
The first CNC (MyDIYCNC) was 6 months late and the quality was horrible. The two MDF walls that held the metal Y axis in place were pre-drilled more than an inch apart. It was sold as a budget CNC printer but in reality was basically useless except as a learning exercise in what matters in CNC design.
Of the two 3D printers I bought, neither arrived. The Peachy Printer was a cute, simple, and cheap design.. after many updates of adding complexity and delays one founder accused the other founder of running off with the funds and buying a house, but did so in such a weird way one has to wonder what the hell actually happened.
The other 3d printer I don't even remember the name.. it was supposed to be high quality and cost around $300 CAD. Manufacturing delays and issues, they cancelled the whole thing and shipped nothing.
I think the "still going after 7 years" means "still hasn't been released after 7 years". It was supposed to be for sale in 2014 and still hasn't shipped yet (from what I can find in Google). The creators have been stringing along their backers for the better part of a decade. As far as utility, it seems like more of a gimmick than something that would get regular use. I can't think of a time when I've been working o…
I think the "still going after 7 years" means "still hasn't been released after 7 years". It was supposed to be for sale in 2014 and still hasn't shipped yet (from what I can find in Google). The creators have been stringing along their backers for the better part of a decade. As far as utility, it seems like more of a gimmick than something that would get regular use. I can't think of a time when I've been working o…
Maybe they'll make it out of titanium and go after the ultralight tool enthusiast market? It'll never get used, but damn it's light!
But these multi taskers are pretty much good at nothing.
Anecdata: of the 36 projects (not including projects that failed to get backing) I have backed in the past 8 years: - 4 were outright scams (only 1 was caught and cancelled by KS) - 32 delivered, practically all were very delayed, sometimes by years. - Of the 32, most were as promised, but some turned out useless - At least half I regretted buying One thing that was very apparent (here as IRL) is that software projec…
- Total: 13
- Scams: 3
- Not delivered: 4
- Delivered on time: 0
- Delivered with - Delivered with - Delivered with >1 year delay: 1
Anecdata: of the 36 projects (not including projects that failed to get backing) I have backed in the past 8 years: - 4 were outright scams (only 1 was caught and cancelled by KS) - 32 delivered, practically all were very delayed, sometimes by years. - Of the 32, most were as promised, but some turned out useless - At least half I regretted buying One thing that was very apparent (here as IRL) is that software projec…