Boring enough to use #Debian, fun enough to use #Arch • #Hardware & #Software Development • #RapidPrototyping • #EmbeddedSystems — he/him

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Cake day: November 19th, 2018
  • Jeff@social.rights.ninjatoTechnology@lemmy.ml•Leaked Tesla documents shed new light on why the Cybertruck is taking so long
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    1 year ago

    @tookmyname @BaroqueInMind

    I think there’s still a place for certain types of pre-orders.

    There are many projects where the production of the product requires an upfront cost and a pre-order is needed to cover these.

    I have pro-ordered many a small batch electronics device and have had no issues. However, in these cases the design of the device is already complete and the features/specs all known in advance.

    The same goes for all the books I’ve pre-ordered from indie publishers, for the same reason, the book is already finished but production is too expensive for a small publisher to cover without pre-sales.

    The issues come when pre-ordering something that _isn’t_ complete, especially if it’s working on an as-of-yet unsolved problem. Frankly, I wish that platforms like kickstarter would have a dedicated section for “production cost” pre-orders that had a different sales agreement and some vetting to ensure that products got delivered and were as advertised.