This was listed on the firebase platform. It's a critical feature. You can't make changes like this, especially downgrading this way, without giving a huge warning.
The original extension was provided by stripe. I think it’s nice that the firebase team helped to coordinate moving it to a group that’ll actually maintain it.
You are assuming the installs number correlates with actual users which it likely doesn't. As several people have pointed out this isn't a google maintained extension. If something is this critical to your business it's on you to make sure it works for you.
It was already working. The extension had been functioning for months already.
My entire point is that if you're a huge organisation like google. And if you offer a critical feature that users then integrate deeply into their product.
This least you could do with your enormous wealth is send a note out giving a heads up about this damaging change.
The invertase library doesn't work.