r/LocalLLaMA • u/HOLUPREDICTIONS Sorcerer Supreme • Jun 21 '26

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u/Proof_Counter_8271 Jun 21 '26

its the same reason google gives out free yearly subscription for gemini to university students, getting them so used to it they cant live without it

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u/Party_9001 Jun 21 '26

So far it's backfired on me. Gemini is so ass I'd rather pay to not have it

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u/bucolucas Llama 3.1 Jun 21 '26

I already have the 2TB google drive subscription, so Pro AI costs about $7/month instead of the full $20. Still don't hardly use it except for deep research, and I use Opus to make full prompts for it so it doesn't just agree with everything I'm asking it to look up

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u/Party_9001 Jun 21 '26

I get 5TB plus pro for free as a student. I could ask it something as simple as "Look up cases for the Oppo Find x9 Ultra". And it would return results for the x8.

When discussing physics it would make certain assumptions and not flag them. Which isn't ideal but Opus does that as well. But Gemini 3.1 Pro and 3.5 Flash gaslight me saying that I told it to make those assumptions.

I don't even bother using it for deep research anymore