I'm not surprised, but in this instance it sounds like they aren't directly supporting it. In the case of China, Google has taken steps directly to support China in controlling it's people(Dragonfly). I think if this does become big news I can see both companies removing the app from the app store, but at this point Google is not trying to do good in the world. It's all about the money.
I also don't think the media/journalists care about Saudi Arabia aside from the recent killing of Jamal Khashoggi.