I stand corrected, this is not a random dependency (I only dabble in Android apps from time to time, so I didn't recognize the name; then again, your users won't recognize it either). But I'm sure it has plenty of fly-by-night competitors :).
In context of data management, being owned by Twitter and Google is not reassuring (as you yourself note upthread).
Well, at least I can be somewhat sure it's properly and safely stored, with a low likelihood of getting out in the open or being sold to some random third-party.
But yeah, the acquisition by Google made me twitch
In context of data management, being owned by Twitter and Google is not reassuring (as you yourself note upthread).