But you didn't get ripped off and thats not what happened.
Did the original kick starters get what they paid for? (Dev units I expect?) If so, how did they get ripped off?
It's not what they're saying.
But some others agrees with you, namelly Nicholas Negroponte.
Let's see what time has to say about it.
Kickstarter is not an investment website, its a donation website. Not really sure how they got ripped off other than you don't like Facebook (me either!)
Yes and no. People does donate with something in mind. And they want this state of mind enforced.
You don't donate money to homeless if they're going to buy booze, do you? Most of us don't donate money to them even if we're sure they're going to buy food. Why?
With Kickstart it's the same thing. The guys can be right under the Law, but they have to face the public opinion about the matter. Kickstarters are feeling ripped off, and since they were the very simple reason Oculus managed to get a 2 Billion USD company, it's God Damned Good to spend a good fraction of this money trying to explain themselves - and perhaps, giving something interesting back to these guys.
Bad P/R can be good just to politicians.