You make a good point in regards to Kickstarter, and while I still feel some of the responses in the piece are naive the link you provided certainly supports so

You make a good point in regards to Kickstarter, and while I still feel some of the responses in the piece are naive the link you provided certainly supports some of their arguments in a way I didn't fully appreciate. I still don't think it extends as far as the two quotes I used (the first one was the NYT paraphrasing; the second was direct). Even in a direct customer situation, where far less "there's a chance something could happen that prevents the creator from being able to finish the project as promised" grey area exists than with KS backers, there's no entitlement to know everything about the company. And to suggest people who try, and risk, and fail aren't even eligible for barista work sickens me personally and would create enormous problems for society.