And yet, there's a high chance that you are 100% right.
I find it sad that we'll have to always consider that particular scenario from now on. Stupid Facebook.
I don't think it really does. Kickstarter is expressly a way of getting resources people interested in offerings to launch them when the funds to start the to launch the offering wouldn't otherwise be available, in order to create sustainable businesses that would otherwise not get started because of lack of access to funds to start them.
Obviously, one of the very common things to do with a viable business once it is running -- and one that maximizes the return for people who are best at (or most interested in) launching things -- is to establish the business, sell it to someone interested in running it for the long term, and use the proceeds to start more things.
While particular exits might bother some people, I don't see how its contrary to the core ideas on which Kickstarter was created, or a sad thing. People who are well suited to getting the ball started on something aren't always best suited for later stages.
People have had to consider that scenario for pretty much any business. Especially fledgling companies, as they might get bought by someone else or they might simply go bust. There's nothing specific to Kickstarter about this.
The implications of the technology are a lot bigger than laptop supplies and I am sure they know that. Laptop supplies seem like a good way to raise some cash without dilution while they work on harder problems.