I cannot more strongly endorse this. It would be tremendously beneficial if their software dropped the abseil dependency, especially where it is almost entirel

I cannot more strongly endorse this. It would be tremendously beneficial if their software dropped the abseil dependency, especially where it is almost entirely unused. Hell it'd be better if they simply vendored the bits they need. Having to use Bazel, and having to manage an additional dependency like abseil can be hellish for small projects with uncomplicated build systems. The worst part is that abseil leaks through interfaces and you end up being coupled to it as a consumer of a library. It's bananas. I don't need yet another stdlib.