Depends on what it's for. The one I've been recommending for using with a ChromeCast I think is changed now so I need to go dig up a new source for that though.
Sure it's a little better than blind luck, but plenty of people will argue that certain forms of gambling require skill or knowledge that can be learned too.
I guess my problem with it is there is no way you can know more than the execs at those companies, and if you did, that would be insider trading. The fact that insider trading is a term means you have to be operating on speculation by definition.
Yeah tbh buying individual stocks isn't an investment strategy, it's gambling. It's fine if you know that going in, but suggesting otherwise is irresponsible.
I have a clear memory of backing Nanoleaf on Kickstarter or IndieGogo, even down to choosing the specific number of tiles in the kit, but I have zero trace of this in my email or my KS/IG accounts. Did I just have a very vivid dream or something?