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Re:Librem 5 general development report – October by ReverseCold on Wednesday October 17, 2018 @10:20AM (#18239305)
> links that take you to their kickstarter page

Just going to point out that they implemented their own crowdfunding type page and aren't using Kickstarter at all.

> How secure will your phone be if they can't afford to pay developers or go under?

It runs ARM Linux so I assume you'd just have to switch distros.

Re:Librem 5 general development report – October by pfooti on Wednesday October 17, 2018 @11:19AM (#18239912)
This is one of the things that stood out to me at the launch of this phone: using a site that clearly copies the Kickstarter design language, but on a non-kickstarter page, has always felt shady. The assumed guarantees Kickstarter makes are not present. (It was not clear if they would issue refunds if they failed to make the minimum threshold, for example).
Re:Librem 5 general development report – October by solarkraft on Wednesday October 17, 2018 @11:25AM (#18239980)
I agree with your opinion if the Kickstarter design being copied too closely, but they are far from the only ones doing this. Other crowdfunding sites are virtually indistinguishable from this page too.