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points by david-gpu 1 day ago | 0 comments

I can tell you that I have a Gemini plus subscription I still don't have anything more recent than 3.6 Flash. In consequence, I never use Gemini anymore, and instead have a PAYG plan on Deep Infra.

So, no, it is not astroturfing.

[–] dieortin 16 hours ago

> I can tell you that I have a Gemini plus subscription I still don't have anything more recent than 3.6 Flash

Yeah, the newer models are not included in your $5 subscription. You can always pay for a higher tier plan if you want access. What is so shocking about that?

[–] alfjal 13 hours ago

At least for chat, 3.6 Flash is worse than what you can get for free from half a dozen competitors.

[–] david-gpu 11 hours ago

When I paid for the subscription, the latest flash models were available in it. They made no mention about not making any newer flash models available.

I completely get not offering frontier models in the lowest subscription, but not having even a small quota of their most recent flash models is just shitty. I used to be on their Pro plan, and decided to downgrade based on how little I was using it. But now? I don't use it at all, because I have moved on to PAYG open-weight models.

[–] ineedtosleep 1 day ago

That plan doesn't even exist, so there's still definitely something not aligned here.

[–] fauigerzigerk 1 day ago

>That plan doesn't even exist

Gemini AI Plus does exist. Consumer plans are called Free, Plus, Pro and Ultra:

https://gemini.google/subscriptions/

[–] david-gpu 1 day ago

Option 1: A person who subscribed to a particular plan doesn't know what it is called.

Option 2: A person is unfamiliar with one of Google's plans.

Which one seems more likely to you?

https://one.google.com/intl/en_ca/about/google-ai-plans/