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by xfernandox 5031 days ago
Kickstarter is meant as a fundraising website, everything is a donation.

That's why the rewards are "perks" not guarantees. Project backers have twisted this around to turn it into preorders for products, but fundamentally Kickstarter is a way to bring in donations, with the perks functioning as nice thank you gifts.