I'm baffled if this wasn't already the case. Surely the entire point of signing a long-term contract (as opposed to just paying by the 'unit' used) is to protec

I'm baffled if this wasn't already the case. Surely the entire point of signing a long-term contract (as opposed to just paying by the 'unit' used) is to protect against exactly this kind of outcome? I know it doesn't always happen, but it seems like most rapid "hire and shutter" moves hit either consumer-facing services or B2B stuff like analytics that isn't production critical. I had assumed Twitter was going to be paying out a bunch of breach-of-contract penalties, because this is basically what contracts are for. Is there a standard way around this?