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Re:So how is X still working after so many people fired year... by akg_67 on Sunday December 31, 2023 @07:55AM (#38823750)
Running a stable service/ maintaining a product doesn’t require lot of people. But to improve, experiment, R&D, introducing new features, functionality, new products and services, new customer/user targets, growth requires lot more people. X might be stable but is it growing? If a business is not growing … … …
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Re:So how is X still working after so many people fired year... by hnthrowaway0328 on Sunday December 31, 2023 @08:56AM (#38824048)
Actually, a second though, I'd probably prefer X to NOT improve, experiment and introduce new products. Most of those is just going to reduce UX and probably collect more data anyway.

The only thing I'm worried about is security, but my data is probably already been sold multiple times so whatever...

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Re:So how is X still working after so many people fired year... by notahacker on Sunday December 31, 2023 @10:26AM (#38824654)
A lot of the laid off people weren't there to run the web service either, they were there to keep advertisers happy...
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