The title is very clickbait-y, iFixit themselves said they only took it down out of respect for their partner that let them use the review phone.
Samsung had no right (legal or otherwise) to ask to remove the post.
Samsung had no right (legal or otherwise) to ask to remove the post.
Both the supplier and ifixit acted against their own original intentions only because Samsung told them to. I'd say that qualifies as "forced".
Still "forced".