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A comment on Ask HN: Will the Oculus acquisition dampen funding of tech Kickstarter projects?.

Re:Ask HN: Will the Oculus acquisition dampen funding of tec... by waterlesscloud on Wednesday March 26, 2014 @03:23PM (#7475789)
Kickstarter backers are going to get everything they paid for.

What did backers think was going to happen? If the project succeeded, it was going to make money. Should they be prohibited from making money?

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Re:Ask HN: Will the Oculus acquisition dampen funding of tec... by augustocallejas on Wednesday March 26, 2014 @03:33PM (#7475889)
Kickstarter projects will go on to be successful and may get acquired in the future, so you bring up a good point. The negative reaction seems to be at the particular acquirer (Facebook) and not the acquisition itself. Unless backers have an actual equity stake, they have little say in the future of the projects they fund.
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