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It was open a few weeks ago (even after they missed their goal), now it's closed and the link is missing from their website. Can't find any coverage about this. Anyone know anything?

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[–] eleijeep@piefed.social 17 points 22 hours ago

https://mastodon.social/@Liberux/114773833271790172

We’ll relaunch crowdfunding with a functional prototype. We're also in talks with investors who respect our values.

[–] kami@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (1 children)

Another scam by them, who could have seen that coming?

[–] Lojcs@piefed.social 1 points 16 hours ago

Them who? What happened?

[–] LambdaRX@sh.itjust.works 8 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (1 children)

This whole project seemed unrealistic from the start, and had bad name. So it's not surprising.

[–] semperverus@lemmy.world 10 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

Honestly they would have made it a lot farther if they had just shown a fully functional device that could make calls and receive them from deep sleep. All drivers and basic functionality "just working."

They are fighting an uphill battle against the frustration that was the PinePhone. Nobody wants to buy a flagship-priced brick thats a neat trick for a hobby project.