No, I was responding to a comment that made a comparison between Google and government. I'm not saying the government never cares about the outcome of research, just that some (much? most?) of their funding goes to answering research questions where the government is agnostic.

The government is made up of people who are fundamentally no better or worse than anyone else.

Instead of accepting that anyone is an angel or devil, we should approach all results with a critical eye and push for reproducibility.

Google like the tobacco and oil companies and soda companies, etc largely/only want to fund research that furthers their business and public policy aims.

It's pretty simple. To equate the two, you'd have to say the USG only funds research that increases the size and scope of USG.

(Disclosure that I work at google)

Well, I mean there is that whole thing about how federal funding cannot go to gun violence research. So there are absolutely types of research that the government not just passively, but actively attempts to prevent.

I'm not saying that Google is being a good guy here, but I also don't think you can so easily make the argument that the (US) government is any better.