Every time you talk about this TJC question, you are forgetting one crucial thing. The question wasn't about exFAT - that was already decided by Jolla and nothing to vote about. The question was about supporting open formats.
The only way that would justify what you are advocating would be: We are announcing a possibility to have SD card support >32GB, but you can vote for it on TJC until xx.xx. 2014 . Until the voting is over, we are terminating all pre-orders. Once the question is decided, we will update the Indiegogo campaign with the appropriate information and resume pre-orders.
As in any crowdfunding campaign or product development, changes are possible. We reserve the right to make changes in described features, specifications, and delivery date estimations and to introduce software features and functionality at a later date.
It is not about me or you voting. First, ~140 votes is a joke - thousands have voted since with their wallet. But even if those thousands-1 voted against exFAT, the 1 buyer who did not vote for it would have to be contacted and refunded.
And why did I vote for the answer? Because I would appreciate btrfs support. exFAT was never the question, it was already decided.
Support SDHC (up to 32GB, no exFAT licensing)
We understand that many of you would not want to support a proprietary file system for good reasons. So here's a suggestion especially for you: We have put up a specific poll here on TJC about better supporting open source file systems on microSD cards in Sailfish OS. This is mainly for taking in suggestions from you on what we should practically do here.
If it was a question, then I would vote for this answer again, because I prefer optional paid support (which would have to be refunded by Jolla to those who have bought the tablet expecting the support to be in place) to buying an exFAT license for every device.
If possible, paid-for exFAT license package to support SDXC
Me, you and TJC voting are absolutely irrelevant in this issue.
The majority not reading TMO/TJC (and not giving a damn about filesystems) will be quite disappointed when their cards won't work as promised. And I'm not even talking about reviews.