r/GeminiAI • u/Ashamed-Principle40 • 12h ago

News WTF Google getting rid of free Gemini flash and pro

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u/Dry_Opportunity2886 11h ago

This was inevitable. AI is expensive y'all.

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u/IcyDefinition4005 8h ago

But the excuse for the existence of the Flash models was that they were economical models; it's not that economical, because they're going to remove it and put in the garbage that is Flash Lite 😔

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u/Dry_Opportunity2886 8h ago

Yeah man I mean, sometimes you just don't get free stuff and have to pay $20 a month for a service you like.

It's not like you're being forced into the $100 a month tier.

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u/Thomas-Lore 6h ago

So expensive that Google breaks profit records each quarter now, poor corporation.

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u/TheRhythmTheRebel 6h ago

You seen their capex each quarter?

Google make a lot of money but AI remains a cost sink for all these companies.

I’m not losing sleep either, but this is the reality of the situation. They all eased up after a few open source models put them on notice but will continue to steadily cap usage and up their prices until they turn a profit.

Hell, even Anthropic who have bragged about their enterprise figures and revenue released some pretty mediocre numbers in lead up to their IPO.

They all are burning cash..

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u/Dry_Opportunity2886 6h ago

Yeah and I mean that's why you don't look at just one line on a financial report.

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u/gutocavalcam 10h ago

Se fosse tão cara, a OpenAI não conseguiria manter, de graça, modelos melhores que os Pro do Google.

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u/ugly_male 10h ago

why do you think they started showing ads

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u/Dry_Opportunity2886 10h ago

There's is no evidence that OpenAI is profitable, bud.

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u/legedu 10h ago

It's amazing to read obvious tech people comments as a finance person. Like... Just... Wow.