> 2. after the crowdfunder ended in 2017, Purism made the Librem 5 available to purchase on their website.
Available to pre-order a product that was still in development, with all the risks it brings.
> 3. At some point in the last few months, Purism put a lead time on the Librem 5 of 52 weeks
Such long lead times have been put there much earlier than "in the last few months". Today the expected lead time is actually shorter than that, but given the Purism's history of too optimistic time estimates I doubt that it's going to be changed again to anything else than "10 work days" at the day the production and shipping catch up with all existing pre-orders.
I'd be careful with random complaints on Reddit made by deleted users, there have been some organized FUD campaigns there in the past (and it's worth noting that "Purism" subreddit is not controlled by Purism in any way and has never been used for any kind of official communication).
Available to pre-order a product that was still in development, with all the risks it brings.
> 3. At some point in the last few months, Purism put a lead time on the Librem 5 of 52 weeks
Such long lead times have been put there much earlier than "in the last few months". Today the expected lead time is actually shorter than that, but given the Purism's history of too optimistic time estimates I doubt that it's going to be changed again to anything else than "10 work days" at the day the production and shipping catch up with all existing pre-orders.
I'd be careful with random complaints on Reddit made by deleted users, there have been some organized FUD campaigns there in the past (and it's worth noting that "Purism" subreddit is not controlled by Purism in any way and has never been used for any kind of official communication).