> Google replaced the Datastore with Firebase. False. They replaced the Datastore with Firestore. A new database system based on datastore but using parts of

> Google replaced the Datastore with Firebase. False. They replaced the Datastore with Firestore. A new database system based on datastore but using parts of spanner so it is transactional und not eventually consistent anymore. Firebase (Realtime Database) was a garbage single mysql instance marketed as "real time database" which Google indeed bought but it wasn't able to scale in any way so it was reinvented and resulted in Firestore. Firebase != Firestore