This is so damn true I am LMAO at the other comments. So basically the entire community can get around the problem by releasing an Apache2 lic'd library that wraps whatever it is they need from firebase.
We'd be at a place no different from any other "FOSS" App on android today.
We'd be at a place no different from any other "FOSS" App on android today.
And https://opensource.stackexchange.com/a/4642