@debacle No. The blog post is full of misinformation. None of the requests listed originate from the Qualcomm firmware.
android.clients.google.com is used by many android related services by Google, not only Play Store. This specific request is likely coming from @microg, as is described in the /e/OS documentation: https://doc.e.foundation/calls_to_google_servers.html
IZAT/XTRA is Qualcomm's alternative to Google's network location system. It's entirely running in userspace, not in firmware. Its configuration and proprietary client library can be found on the /vendor partition of many qualcomm devices that run LineageOS or derivatives and is considered by LineageOS to be part of the device specific proprietary vendor blobs that need to be included for a fully functional system (even if it's typically possible to run without it).
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