That's why I specifically speak of new developers. I'd have no issues with backing Shovel Knight 2 or Barkley 2 fully as both games and their developers are established as capable. They have already shown what they're capable of and with that the risk diminishes. And I even understand backing things like Shovel Knight. I can absolutely understand reading through the description, watching vids and just seeing devs speak about their ideas and plans and go "I wouldn't mind backing this".
I wish the people who actually want to make good use of Kickstarter, make a dream game and release it to the public all the luck and money in the world. Same with the people who use Early Access to achieve the same goal. But the scumbags that use these things and scam people out of their money ruin it for the rest. Same with pre-orders. As long as Kickstarter, Early Access or pre-orders don't at least attempt to diminish the risks for the consumers, I'm unfortunately going to refrain from using them or only use them when the risk is at its lowest. Hell, the fucking same happened with Free to play. I actually think this is a really good concept, but it has been abused and butchered so hard by scumbags that it has turned into a "bad" word at this point.
In the end, I'm not saying "PEOPLE, STOP USING KICKSTARTER" as I have no power to tell anyone to do anything. I'm just explaining it from a personal point of view. It's not even about the money. I wouldn't make a fuss over losing $15 as I can live without it. I have far bigger issues with scams than I have with genuine, unfortunate development failure, though I would like to demand them to release whatever they have to the public were such a thing to happen.