[visural]

I'm not sure how that contradicts what I said about DFA and other similar Kickstarters.

If you backed a Kickstarter that was pitched as solely a preorder for an already complete product, then you have every right to be upset if that Kickstarter doesn't deliver.

The original point though, was about kickstarters which are funding the development of products from scratch and allowing tracking and input from the funders.

[egypturnash]

"Kickstarter is meant for people who find value in not just receiving the product, but in watching, and discussing it through its development and also allowing creative people they respect the opportunity to the do the work they'd like to do."

You didn't constrain your comment to just "pre-buy this thing so I can pay rent while I develop it" campaigns. What you said certainly goes for those. But you were suggesting that ALL of Kickstarter is about that.