After three Unity games lately attempted to connect to Google Cloud without asking or informing why, I tried something out of curiosity, and I could have placed bets.
After installing the newest version of Legends of Equestria, this one now attempts that, too.
Cynical world. 'Indie' gaming? Not really. Not at all. Extremely dependent on the biggest sleaze.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firebase
Also pointed out here
https://www.reddit.com/r/Unity3D/comments/ou7jci/something_in_unity_games_trying_to_connect_to/
and predictably the confrontation with inconvenient reality quickly led to the usual schoolyard-level defensiveness.
And then people wonder how things could get so bad once they did? I have studied humankind for too long to fall for that fake drama.