For sure. My point here is not that firebase is the end all be all, but that when you choose to rely on a technology/PaaS you need to do your own due diligence.

For sure. My point here is not that firebase is the end all be all, but that when you choose to rely on a technology/PaaS you need to do your own due diligence. Every person, project, company, etc has their own requirements and ability to make certain types of trade offs. If one fails to do their proper due diligence, then they'll end up in a similar situation to OP. And that's okay, it happens to all of us every now and then. But when you screw up that decision despite there being ample documentation, blogs, and known limitations readily available to you with a few Google searches, then IMO it's inappropriate to write a slam piece against the technology/PaaS like OP did.