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From: Andrew <andrew@spam.net>
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Subject: Re: Why do so many people confuse Google's Firebase (cloud API) with Google Services Google Firebase App Indexing (search results)?
Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2024 09:55:57 -0000 (UTC)
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Andrew wrote on Mon, 24 Jun 2024 09:22:12 -0000 (UTC) :

> As I said, almost nobody understands the difference, and that's why I said
> it was a hard question to answer.

I think I finally found the answer, where I used a search term that came
out of one of your links, to finally figure out what Firebase truly is.

See this post.
 <https://www.novabbs.com/computers/article-flat.php?id=53732&group=comp.mobile.android#53732>

Apparently, to Google, Firebase is a whole bunch of "stuff", only some of
which is related to "the cloud" where other stuff is related to "ad
analytics" and the like; but one of the things inside the "stuff" is the
"Firebase App Indexing" which is deprecated but which still exists on your
phone and on mine.

The proof is below:
 <https://i.postimg.cc/nhCCVxmB/mapsloctrack03.jpg> Test Firebase tracks

Anyone responding saying it's deprecated should first look on their own
phone because, deprecated or not, it exists and it uploads an index to
Google servers periodically.