Agreed and unfortunately Realm appears to have been acquired by mongo. No disrespect to the mongo team, but if we've learned anything from firebase it's that whenever a project like this gets acquired things get a little... shaky.
It's insane how much of this contractor vs employee debate would just be solved with universal healthcare. I don't understand why the US is obsessed with passing on any cost to their citizens or employers in ways that lower productivity and clearly hurt the economy, instead of just biting the bullet and budgeting out policies to improve the economy, increase quality of life, and make the country in general stronger.