You're talking about something completely different though; I'm talking about numerous releases/kickstarters which promised Linux support before they were funde

You're talking about something completely different though; I'm talking about numerous releases/kickstarters which promised Linux support before they were funded, but then when they realized that it's harder than they thought they started saying "yeah, we didn't really mean «on release», it will maybe come later, or actually we outsourced it to volunteers", like with Divinity: OS or Skullgirls.