Feedback Poll: Should Mac/Linux users be offered refunds?

Nice personal initiative, but it would be much nicer if the official companies involved would simply do the correct and honorable thing: Refund the people who pledged due to the promised Linux/Mac version, who are now left out in the cold.

Or here is an even better idea, simply get their act together and come back on it. Get assistance and  create the Linux and Mac port.
As browren nicely put it in an other post:

I'm all for a refund for Mac and Linux backers, but I gotta tell ya that after seeing that is so few people who have actually backed for those platforms, development resources do not need to be wasted on making a game on a platform that will only have a handful of people playing on it.

I understand this poll doesn't capture everyone, but compared to the other polls I've seen here, this really puts some perspective on why this decision was made. At this point I hope they never wasted a single day developing for Mac or Linux.

I agree about the refund part. Dumpster fire and speed of this issue though, well that's u.

For the sake of discussion, how could refunds be brought about? I don't recall seeing an option to state which PC version the backer wanted. It was just PC Steam and PC GoG.

There's three things I can see happening:
They allow all PC backers the chance for a refund, they don't allow refunds, or they only allow PC backers to change platform.

What other options could there be? Further speculation... What repercussions and benefits could each choice have regarding company image, development funding, and customer satisfaction? What are the chances of PC backers taking a refund even though they didn't want Mac or Linux?

That's frankly their problem for not supporting the backed platform, if others abuse it, it does not change the platform I backed.  They should have planned better and there will be no refunds regardless.

I think that the affected people should get refunds, but frankly, the way that some people are coming across in these threads almost makes me want to change my opinion on that. "Screw 'em if they give out more refunds than is warranted as long as I get mine" is kind of a tough stance to support.

Just returning the amount of care 505 is giving to Linux backers back at them, doesn't seem particularly nice now does it?  You get what you give.  With every update with no useful content for six months, then a Christmas gift of tough luck, you don't get your platform etc. has leeched all the sympathy I have for the developers/publisher away at this point. 

Purely subjective.

Based on the past six monthly updates before the December one:

Update #70 informed us of the release of download-codes for the Beta Backer Demo, which significantly expanded upon the available features & areas of the previous demo. It also allowed for feedback from backers to begin helping to identify bugs & other things that may need fixing.

Update #71 showed us examples of backer feedback that were addressed, and that they would place focus on fixing bugs. Many backers were also concerned about the lighting & lip-sync in the demo, so that was addressed as well.

Update #72 was when we were informed that the game would be delayed to 2019, and that the PS Vita version was dropped due to the system's discontinued support from Sony, also allowing for refunds to be issued.

Update #73 informed us of the release of demo keys for the GOG version of the Beta Backer Demo, and that all the feedback/bug reports had been received and compiled for review.

Update #74, aside from the Killer Barber enemy showcase (ignoring it), informs us of work being done on enemy placements for Nightmare Mode. 

Update #75, again ignoring the new enemy showcase, announced that WayForward joined the project to help the development team fix more bugs & make further improvements. For something that this thread may consider "not useful content", plenty of people were making a big deal of WayForward coming aboard as if they were replacing DICO (which turned out false).

I'm not going to try changing your mind about the project at this point. It is however interesting, even a bit amusing, that you have such an opinion about the previous six updates.