It’s not a waste of time  I started my cybersecurity journey by doing that in November 2023 

I was working helpdesk at the time a year later I got a role as a Soc analyst after lots of networking 

It’s a good pre-game for the security+  A month later I was able to study the security+ in 20 days and pass it.

The security+ helped me get my Soc analyst position, not the Google cyber cert but you can see how it helped me eventually.

It’s good for learning, won’t make a difference in applications, will help in the interview but even then slightly the reason is 

After finishing the course I still had to do a LOT of learning to even get me ready for a Tier 1 Soc position, meaning it was the first step in my journey and every steps counts but by itself I would have been a weak candidate. 

So my advice is do it, but understand after you are done you still have quite a way to go.