This game is great fun. I can't find some of the issues with it which people have complained about it before.
Adding some kind of dynamic difficulty system is a bad idea, don't listen to them! The difficulty should remain in the amount of words, and the length of those words in each level.
I always suspected that ABC (or whoever) got equity in the companies, because they have (or used to have) a brief notice at the end of the show at the bottom of the screen with suggests that. But surely this must have tainted the whole process, because while an entrepreneur is considering a deal with the sharks, they would also have to take into account the equity they give away by just being a part of the show. I'm glad that's gone now.
It probably means though, that the entrepreneurs will be able to buy back the equity, or buy their way out of the profit sharing agreement, more than likely at the highest possible valuations. But at least there is a way out. And it's good to know that future contestants won't have that to deal with.
A million thumbs down for the author stealing Louie CK's stand-up routine (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpUNA2nutbk) and reapplying it to Javascript in a way that just didn't fit. Also nothing substantial was said. Boo!
The idea that Canonical was just testing the market with this crowd funding effort, and that they are using it to prove demand to carriers is absolutely ridiculous! A failed crowd funding campaign is not good publicity. I would bet that after this a significant number of the persons/organizations who pledged will not pledge so easily again.
I would love if this phone saw the light of day. But Canonical were way too ambitious with this campaign. They should have asked for less money, and gotten a majority of it from large investors. But I guess they didn't want to give up any stake in the venture.