No it's not. For one thing, i'm not saying Google should forsake all other exploration of translation options until it perfects translating well between major languages. I'm just pointing out that this is a big gap in quality that they shouldn't forget in their drive towards something more flashy like over 100 new languages (otherwise a good thing, having those as options).
Secondly, i'm comparing a persistent deficiency inside one specific area of one company to another new project inside that same area of that same company. That's a lot more reasonable to do than whining about any random global disaster because some company X or government agency gets extra money for some project completely unrelated to said global disaster. It's much more absurd to compare those latter two as a point against one of them.