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Why move to firebase when it will be shutdown when it becomes useful?

Firebase seems to be pretty integrated with Google's GCP strategy, as well as Android push notifications with FCM.

Not saying concern over Google's commitment to various tools is unfounded, but it seems that generally things that are tied into their core goals are pretty safe.

GCP is very important to Google, Inbox was an interesting UI built on top of Gmail.

FCM is only the third in a row of push notification solutions for Android (preceded by C2DM and GCM), and it'll be replaced someday, too.

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