https://wccftech.com/google-was-threatened-by-samsung-galaxy-store-and-used-anticompetitive-practices-to-quash-it/

If we are talking about Android, Google and Samsung are on the same side as the latter uses several services of the search engine giant. However, it does not mean at all that a lender could move away after using anticompetitive practices to keep the other at bay. According to the latest, Google used anti-competitive measures to quash Samsung's Galaxy Store. To be precise, Google was threatened by the Galaxy Store as to become an alternative to the Play Store.

The antitrust lawsuit was filed by a coalition of three dozen state attorney generals, accusing Google to use anticompetitive practices to control the distribution of apps on Android (via The Verge). The lawsuit entails that Google paid developers to prevent them from circumventing the Play Store. This allowed the search engine giant to remain the sole major distributor of apps on Android.