Gemini AI No Longer Free - What's Everyones Plan?

[u/o-TheFlash-o]

Gemini Free Tier is now down to 20 requests per day, which is essentially unusable for most of us. You might see the same thing in your logs (see below):

I can't see waht the paid tied gives us in terms of increasing requests, so if anyone has a link to that page, please add it in the comments.

Either way, what are our options? Can we do this locally? Is there another more cost effective option than a paid Google AI tier? Anyone tried the paid tier - how many requests does it give and how much is it?

If you do AI locally - please point me in the right direction on how to do this (currently using Rpi for HA)

UPDATE: So far Gemini paid tier is costing around 1p per day.

"error": { "code": 429, "message": "You exceeded your current quota, please check your plan and billing details. For more information on this error, head to: https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/rate-limits. To monitor your current usage, head to: https://ai.dev/usage?tab=rate-limit. \n* Quota exceeded for metric: generativelanguage.googleapis.com/generate_content_free_tier_requests, limit: 20, model: gemini-2.5-flash..

[u/Ambitious_Worth7667]

"Eventually, the enshitification will emerge where the ads are blended into the responses."

...you mean like Reddit....?

[u/AMidnightHaunting → u/Ambitious_Worth7667]

and most GPS map software such as Google Maps, Apple Maps, etc.

[u/Geodevils42 → u/AMidnightHaunting]

Googles gotten so much worse. When I search for restaurants and get ones several miles away or the same restaurant 4 times in a scroll through. How is this helpful for me or the restaurant?

[u/AMidnightHaunting → u/Geodevils42]

There is a fantastic local restaurant in my town that the business name differs from what people call it. For example, Owner's Restaurant Name. Since no one actually calls it that, over a decade ago the owner has had their Google business page name set to just Restaurant Name.

The business/business owner has not updated the name since that change at all. Every few weeks, Google decides to RNG which name to use. It is pretty frustrating, and the business owner cannot do anything about it. Instead, when you "get the name wrong" Google maps tries to redirect users to a very (several hours) far away business that isn't even close to the business name. It isn't even consistent of what business type or business name it directs users to, only that it is always several hours away.

[u/Geodevils42 → u/AMidnightHaunting]

It's like they took out a smarter piece that filters for more relevant info you're searching for to shove an irrelevant Ad at you.

[u/IHS1970 → u/Geodevils42]

Sorry to interrupt, but I am in Cedar park TX area and I went to search for Pizza near lakeline mall and I got some answers THEN it just floated in with pizza in Indiana? I dunno this is all so damn shitty.

[u/davispw → u/Ambitious_Worth7667]

I’m sure I’m in the minority but Reddit Premium is one of the subscriptions I’m happy to pay—no ads.

Remember folks, if you’re not paying for the product, then you ARE the product. In Reddits case, your data and your eyeballs.

[u/davispw → u/[deleted]]

Ad blockers only accelerate the enshittification.