by kleinbl00

I fucking hate crowdfunding.

I fucking hate crowdfunders.

Crowdfunding, to me, has always been "we can't get anyone to believe in the idea so we're gonna shine you fuckers on into believing we can do it on our own." I've participated in three Kickstarters. All three were good products. Two held the record at the time of their funding. But then, if you look at the list of top crowdfunded projects,, eight of ten are shitcoins or shitcoin-adjacent. And I mean, look at this shit. LOOK AT IT. It's ALL Chinese. ALL OF IT is AliExpress parts bin drop-ship garbage.

But then, look at this shit.

Fuckin' Hasbro? Fuckin' Disney? Fuckin' $500 for a phoned-in Midjourney Millenium Falcon?

“We are trying to get true consumer validation and basically avoid traditional market research,” said GE Appliances Chief Executive Kevin Nolan. The company has launched seven products via crowdfunding and killed an eighth, a cold-brew coffee machine, when it didn’t meet its funding goal.

31 billion a year

I hate this timeline