It is an interesting acquisition - clearly, Twitter has a lot of use for the product internally, and they were probably one of, if not the biggest, client (in t

It is an interesting acquisition - clearly, Twitter has a lot of use for the product internally, and they were probably one of, if not the biggest, client (in terms of raw data collected). There is something to be said for mitigating the risk that your third party suppliers disappear from under your feet. I don't know what Crashlytics enterprise pricing structure is like, but if it's anything like other similar services they'll probably be on twelve month agreements with their clients, which would be complex to untie. I doubt the service will go anywhere for paying clients for a little while. If you're relying on a free third-party service in your apps you always have a recovery plan should something get bought, retired, or just plain go wrong.