I really don't understand the logic. You say ExFAT is controversial. Let's assume it is. Why is it controversial? You say because it's patented, closed and crowdfounded money shouldn't be used.to pay license fees for such closed technologies.

I can follow you to this point. I don't agree, but I understand your point of view and can accept it.

But then it turns out that even in the original design there are parts Jolla has to pay a license fee for. They're just not listed separately, but crowdfunded money will be used for these licence fees, anyway.

You now have the choice to support - with your money - one more such license... or to leave it be. Bottom line is: You will not get a device that's free of patented technology Jolla used our crowdfunded money for, no matter if this stretch goal is reached or not. If you wanted that crowd funded money wasn't used for such licenses, your case was lost long before the three stretch goals were even introduced.

So what exactly are you trying to achieve except making the tablet less consumer friendly? It will not be the "free-as-in-freedom"-device you (and I) want. Never. ExFAT is not the battle that decides this. My suspicion is we're discussing ExFAT only because before this stretch goal, nobody thought about licensing at all. Which makes me wonder how much people really care about the issue.