Sure- it might in the end help Google too, but that doesn't mean it isn't worth applauding.
If a company has figured out how to give some of its profits to helping social cause X solve social problem y, that's great but ultimately sustainable only on the margins of our economic world. If this company has figured out how to make money from social cause X solve social problem y they'll do as much of that as they can. Other companies will join in. Social cause x will be far more helped.
You can always say that companies ultimately want to make money. Politicians ultimately want to get elected, preserve legacy, ego or whatever. Private people are only motivated by a desire to make themselves feel good, important, powerful, create a legacy, etc. etc.
You can always go back and question reasons. For serious movers you can usually find "ulterior" motives.
We applaud how politicians get elected. We applaud how companies choose to pursue agendas. That's all their is.
* It seems improbable to me that Google is ultimately motivated by a desire to protect IP.