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Re:Is the madness ever going to end? by pydry on Wednesday January 12, 2022 @06:58AM (#29905161)
They're a $24 billion company. Hiring 4 small teams probably shouldnt be too much for them.
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Re:Is the madness ever going to end? by tanseydavid on Wednesday January 12, 2022 @11:56AM (#29909376)
...and one PM to manage all 4 teams and ensure that there is no feature-drift between the various OS-target versions. </sarc>

I am really just trying to emphasize that there are tradeoffs lurking everywhere and they are often hidden by assumptions.

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Re:Is the madness ever going to end? by Siira on Thursday January 13, 2022 @02:45AM (#29917903)
Telegram already does this with a rather small team. Hell, there are even third-party Telegram clients that, while a bit behind the features, eventually catch up with every single one.
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Re:Is the madness ever going to end? by Nasrudith on Wednesday January 12, 2022 @08:41PM (#29915748)
You don't get to be a billion dollar company by spending money unnecessarily. The question is never the total size of the company the cost relative to other options.
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