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Apples and oranges: Notch is made $100 million, just in 2012 [1]. That being said - I am truly thankful that he is taking a stand, I certainly hope others will

by a1a 13y ago

Apples and oranges: Notch is made $100 million, just in 2012 [1]. That being said - I am truly thankful that he is taking a stand, I certainly hope others will follow. Either way, Zuckerberg will learn his lesson; you do not fuck up a crowd-funded project. [1] http://venturebeat.com/2013/02/01/minecrafts-notch-on-earning-101m-in-2012-its-weird-as-f/ http://venturebeat.com/2013/02/01/minecrafts-notch-on-earnin...

pekk 13y ago
Notch hasn't had a shortage of offers for Minecraft. Oculus took roughly as much in VC as Notch made in 2012, and they didn't even get to the point of selling a real product before they sold to Facebook.
tlrobinson 13y ago
"you do not fuck up a crowd-funded project" Oculus raised $75M after their Kickstarter. Crowd-funding was a stepping stone. And it remains to be seen whether Facebook "fucks it up" or turns it into something amazing look Google did with Android.
- a1a 13y ago
  Google did fuck up Android (privacy wise). (1) Requirement of a Google account (i.e. forced correlation of your phone with youtube, google searches, google analytics, google ... ), (2) Ever checked those privileges on the default applications - that you can't disable or remove? Why are those closed-source by the way?, (3) Search the web for more examples. Either way, I agree that I made an assumption - but - this is kinda related: http://bgr.com/2014/03/06/facebook-android-app-permissions/ http://bgr.com/2014/03/06/facebook-android-app-permissions/ Crowd funding is not only about money. Your funders also invest emotions into the project. I am mad, I think others will be as well. To quote Notch[1]: "And I did not chip in ten grand to seed a first investment round to build value for a Facebook acquisition." [1] http://notch.net/2014/03/virtual-reality-is-going-to-change-the-world/ http://notch.net/2014/03/virtual-reality-is-going-to-change-...
dragonwriter 13y ago
Eh, if people wanted control, they shouldn't back a Kickstarter, which doesn't offer any control. You back a Kickstarter, and you get (if you're lucky) the rewards offered for your contribution level.
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by a1a 13y ago

pekk 13y ago

Notch hasn't had a shortage of offers for Minecraft. Oculus took roughly as much in VC as Notch made in 2012, and they didn't even get to the point of selling a real product before they sold to Facebook.

tlrobinson 13y ago

"you do not fuck up a crowd-funded project" Oculus raised $75M after their Kickstarter. Crowd-funding was a stepping stone. And it remains to be seen whether Facebook "fucks it up" or turns it into something amazing look Google did with Android.

a1a 13y ago
Google did fuck up Android (privacy wise). (1) Requirement of a Google account (i.e. forced correlation of your phone with youtube, google searches, google analytics, google ... ), (2) Ever checked those privileges on the default applications - that you can't disable or remove? Why are those closed-source by the way?, (3) Search the web for more examples. Either way, I agree that I made an assumption - but - this is kinda related: http://bgr.com/2014/03/06/facebook-android-app-permissions/ http://bgr.com/2014/03/06/facebook-android-app-permissions/ Crowd funding is not only about money. Your funders also invest emotions into the project. I am mad, I think others will be as well. To quote Notch[1]: "And I did not chip in ten grand to seed a first investment round to build value for a Facebook acquisition." [1] http://notch.net/2014/03/virtual-reality-is-going-to-change-the-world/ http://notch.net/2014/03/virtual-reality-is-going-to-change-...

dragonwriter 13y ago

Eh, if people wanted control, they shouldn't back a Kickstarter, which doesn't offer any control. You back a Kickstarter, and you get (if you're lucky) the rewards offered for your contribution level.

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