There is nothing counter-intuitive with the points I made above, they are actually quite logical and there are plenty of examples of it happening, it’s not just this one project.

Imo if devs want to see their project funded they should make a very clear effort for their product to be understood and people to see the value. I believe the current example is showing this project has not achieved that yet. Doesn’t mean it’s not possible, it means they haven’t done so.

Minimum viable products are pretty standard in the industry.

For a DAO, yes there needs to be something to show as a reason to fund.. more than just an “idea”.. generally when there is only an idea and nothing has been delivered, there must be more of an effort to gather funding, generally in a private way.

As I said, I was voting the proposal.. until their most recent actions, and was simply trying to give some insight on the reasoning.. that had nothing to with “us vs. them” narrative.