Ok, fair statement. If you are not HF customer there's no need to red-alert everyone, we already know that every week is crucial. HF already announced that chip shipment may be a week late, which may mean the difference between positive or negative ROI. Does MPP protection program "means squat" as you put it, or not, remains to be seen. I've chosen HF only because of that unique offer, and probably many others did that also. We'll see in the end who made a mistake, but demanding photos of something that is known not to exist and generating pressure will bring nothing but FUD and spam. Let's give them a benefit of a doubt till the end of the month and promised delivery.
At least in my case if you read closely I am not demanding photos of the chips, as demanding photos of something that HF don't even have will make no sense. Indeed I just wanted to see photos of the rest of the components to make sure they are ready when they receive the chips. Anyway as a HF customer I deserve them the best so considering myself a spam will make no sense. Any potentiall HF customer that enters their thread or their web page and sees photos of all their components in the factory ready to fill the first batch will convince them more than just words. Again, now we just can wait and deserve HF the best