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They didn't fire most of their staff. They closed the Russian offices and offered relocation to everyone in Russia (and many took it). I mean they were practically forced to close their Russian offices with the current political situation and war going on. The relocation process is very expensive as well as opening new offices in Europe and rehiring there as CoL and salaries in Europe are much higher.

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I know they were forced. I know they did it the most humane way possible. This is precisely why I support them financially. Doesn't change the fact that they had to let go of a huge portion of their staff. Call it firing, or special unemployment operation, the result is still the same; and I can't help but notice that updates are now very, very sparse and pretty minor ( maybe its a pure coincidence because they are busy with Fleet and the Java update who knows ).

All in all it’s understandable and not a big deal but when faced, like right now, with whether I should prepay 3 years or not it's hard not to think about the future of the company.

I apologise for intervening, but I believe it's necessary as this statement is not correct. We did not layoff a huge portion of our staff.

Well then I have completely misunderstood your march announcement and I don't think you should be apologising.

No need to apologise. It's always good to counter assertions lacking in evidence with actual facts.

Then don't prepay. The cost difference (for the all products pack) is around £50 over 3 years.

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