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> Freelancers are OpEx, FTEs are CapEx

I don’t think this is true unless simply make up your own definition of CapEx.

“Examples of OpEx include employee salaries, rent, utilities, and property taxes.”

https://www.investopedia.com/ask/answers/112814/whats-differ...

(Yes there are some times when you may be able to capitalize some labor, but that would apply to freelancers as well and is very much the exception, not the rule)

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In Netherlands you can't simply fire a FTE. It's different from US where people have "at will" employment. In NL FTEs are more like CapEx than the OpEx

Do they amortize and depreciate wages in the Netherlands? If not it’s not like a capital expense.

Are they more like CapEx or are they CapEx?

This may be different per country and all sorts of fun things apply like “is this R&D” which definitely changes the calculus.

Sorry which countries is this different in?

And other than R&D, which other fun things apply that definitely change the calculus?

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