Yes, and if they sell AOSP-based devices they then can not sell any other device with the Google components.

Or sell a device using only some of the things Google wants to make mandatory, but replacing others with their own.

That way they keep AOSP-based products on the fringe, since only niche manufacturers can afford to make them, and stop manufacturers trying to make/integrate better replacements for Google services. That's anti-competitive, that's the problem.

What they like, minus Google apps. And if they want even one device with Google apps, they can't make other devices without them and Search an Chrome