It's great to see some people maintain their integrity even while others are selling out.
That being said - I am truly thankful that he is taking a stand, I certainly hope others will follow. Either way, Zuckerberg will learn his lesson; you do not fuck up a crowd-funded project.
[1] http://venturebeat.com/2013/02/01/minecrafts-notch-on-earnin...
Oculus took roughly as much in VC as Notch made in 2012, and they didn't even get to the point of selling a real product before they sold to Facebook.
Oculus raised $75M after their Kickstarter. Crowd-funding was a stepping stone.
And it remains to be seen whether Facebook "fucks it up" or turns it into something amazing look Google did with Android.
(1) Requirement of a Google account (i.e. forced correlation of your phone with youtube, google searches, google analytics, google ... ), (2) Ever checked those privileges on the default applications - that you can't disable or remove? Why are those closed-source by the way?, (3) Search the web for more examples.
Either way, I agree that I made an assumption - but - this is kinda related: http://bgr.com/2014/03/06/facebook-android-app-permissions/
Crowd funding is not only about money. Your funders also invest emotions into the project. I am mad, I think others will be as well. To quote Notch[1]: "And I did not chip in ten grand to seed a first investment round to build value for a Facebook acquisition."
[1] http://notch.net/2014/03/virtual-reality-is-going-to-change-...