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Originally Posted by We Major
They won't do it, but you don't need that R&D budget to keep Twitter going. The core code base is fine as are the deploy pipelines. All they really need is an ops team and a core group of engineers to keep the platform up.
Do you actually know what the R&D spending goes on, or are you assuming? It's easy (and many tech companies do) put basic operating expenses into R&D, because the leeway in accounting rules allows them to. After all, if video posting volume is increasing and you need to write tons more code/build out vast new server spaces just so the videos keep playing, you're certainly doing research and development, but is that really R&D? Sure you could cut out video (lol?) and save this expense, but no company is going to do that without destroying their business.
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Instead, they're busy refining the news feed, building fancy devops tools, and adding poor products like moments.
Well, you're assuming R&D costs are all actually going toward this and not core expenses, which I don't think you know as it doesn't seem broken down.
And secondly, don't they need to do this? They're competing with Google, FB, etc for ad dollars, who are constantly innovating and providing new ways of reaching customers. If Twitter stops, do you think their revenue will stay stable?