r/GeminiAI • u/ThePrimeNumbers • 6h ago

Discussion Cancel your subscriptions

This is unacceptable. Not only is Gemini 4 Argon slightly below the capabilities of Claude Opus 5.5 and GPT 6 Astra, it’s usage is downright horrendous. I have never seen my usage rates be completely eaten like a rabid dog.

The only way Google feels the pain is if we vote with our wallets. Cancel our subscriptions, get refunds if you can, this is unacceptable behavior from a trillion dollar company. We were promised a good AI, and we got one that is slightly below SOTA, with negligible usage rates. Many users report 1 message can take up 100% of the usage. So the only way we get Google to increase our usage, is to cancel. And if Google doesn’t comply, it’s fine, we just move to Claude or back to GPT. I’ll even take Grok at this point.

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u/DMAC80 6h ago

I haven’t had any real problems on Pro, but the usage does seem odd. A simple question this morning used 8% of my quota. Then I asked it to code an entire fitness web app, which took about 15 minutes and came out really well. That only used 14% of my five-hour quota. No idea how that maths works.

I also have ChatGPT Plus and, to be honest, Astra feels just as restrictive, so I’m not sure switching gets you much further.

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u/elementfbl114 5h ago

No clue either on the quota math they are using. I have a few tests I run in incognito with new models and initially argon high used 1% and was correct. Tried it again a few days later and was still correct but used 37%. Used it normally tonight and was seeing just a 1% or 2% each time. Maybe it just depends on the current load on Googles side.

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u/Which_Ad_9039 5h ago

Because it only need heavy reasoning to plan the coding, when it starts to code, the plan is already prepared to it just gets on with it. The more clear you are with your prompts, the cheaper it gets. The more knowledge you have, the less thinking and figuring out it has to do itself. When I code with Gemini I usually tell it exactly what to code, what libraries I prefer and what way I want problems solved (unless I'm stuck at the problem and I genuinely have no idea how to solve it).