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It’s not a scam because that money is going into paying staff to create this gargantuan project. But it’s not consumers fault that the team seemingly has never heard the term “scope creep”.
Whenever I feel bad, I feel glad I never invested money into such a scam >

Sounds a lot like a scam lmao.
If you don't deliver on a product that you promised over a decade ago, it's a scam. But yes, people are not smart if they continue to feed into it. It can be both things at once. >

Mental gymnastics >

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