Hmmm...

if the cure for cancer is offerred as a subscription model, that requires an active Google account, well...

History is full of organizations that do good with a sprinkle of evil and they do get their fair share of criticism. Christian missions come to mind

Here is the adblocker for your cancer meds.

They'd just cease producing the pills in 18 months.

That's not even a joke. If Google had a magical cancer cure, they would absolutely stop supporting it. The manager in charge of that project got their promotion, and the new manager brought in won't get any credit for maintaining an existing project, they need a new project they can put their name on.

The striking similarity of this pattern with what real world politicians are doing is not a coincidence

The worst part is that you have to take the medication for 20 months before you're cured

They'd develop the cure in the open, all their researchers will end up working for a new startup starting off as a non profit but then spinning off a for profit company which will actually make a working cure and everybody will wonder why Google lost their lead at cancer research