Expo is great for prototyping and small apps with limited scope. However anything bigger and expo just doesn’t work. At some point you will need to mess with the native side of thing, most of the time to initialize things like Firebase or adding a lib with a bridge. When you have to make native changes, no matter how small, Expo will get majorly in the way
Honestly I think you'd be surprised just how far the managed workflow can get you these days. That being said, Expo is aware of the limitations and is actively working on addressing those.[1]
