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Google critics see its Firebase tools as another squeeze play

By Paresh Dave

Mar 20 2020 12:53PM

Some devs say software will deepen company's access to consumer data.

Google critics see its Firebase tools as another squeeze play

Some app developers say Alphabet Inc's Google is increasingly pressing them to embed code in their own products that will deepen Google's access to data on consumers, giving the company a leg up on rivals. The previously unreported concerns about Firebase, a set of software that Google makes ...

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