@docpop
They hardly "destroyed it all." There is still a ton of money raised on Kickstarter, though there is more diversity of platforms today (with Backerkit and others getting into direct funding). It was a colossally stupid move, and there are absolutely people who won't fundraise there anymore, but their rate of growth wasn't really impacted by it.
https://www.statista.com/statistics/310218/total-kickstarter-funding/
StatistaKickstarter: total amount of dollars pledged 2024 | StatistaBetween July 2012 and January 2024, the cumulative amount of dollars pledged to project funding on Kickstarter worldwide grew steadily.