Comment by RGS1811
15 days ago
- I clicked "try in gemini", typed a prompt, got an unimpressive result.
- Then I realized Gemini 3 was active.
- I tried switching models.
- I was presented with a $99/mo subscription offering.
- I scrolled down and clicked to get cheaper options.
- I chose the $19.99 "AI Pro" monthly option and paid.
- In chat I was able to use Argon. Cool. Seems pretty smart.
- I asked Argon if I could use it through opencode with my Google account.
- Argon said yes, but then told me I'd have to use the Gemini CLI as middleman.
- I told it I didn't know there was a CLI for Gemini; I'd just use that.
- It told me how to install gemini-cli.
- I authenticate via Google OAuth inside gemini-cli.
- Gemini-cli rejects my login, says the app is deprecated for subscription users, who must use agy.
- I install agy.
- In agy, I open the model selection menu.
- "Gemini 4 Argon is currently available to Ultra plan subscribers." Odd... Gemini 4 Argon is the model (included in my Pro plan) that told me to do this.
- I discover that Claude Opus 5.5 is included in the subscription. I switch to it and give it a debugging task.
- Within about 5 minutes: "Individual quota reached. Please upgrade your subscription to increase your limits."
- This is dumb. Google stole twenty bucks from me; I want my money back.
- I go to the Gemini web app to cancel my subscription. I paid on my phone, so I have to cancel on my phone.
- The Gemini iOS app has a "manage my subscription" page. I go there to manage my subscription.
- This "manage my subscription" page includes no way of cancelling.
- After a minute of confusion I go to the App Store > Subscriptions > Gemini > Cancel.
- My subscription will end at the end of the month (no refund).
- Then I have to find the complaint form so I can request a refund.
- But I did request one.
Anyway, "frontier intelligence" just wasted about an hour of my life.
o brother, i had the same problem when i first wanted to use Gemini-Cli. after hours spent, a friend of mine and i did a direct comparison, he with claude-cli and i with gemini-cli. task was to create a small arduino cpp app. gemini was not able to produce even compilable code... waste of time and energy.
for me, a google model can be as good as they want, in the end, they are still google, probably one of the most bureaucracy riddled big companys out there. evrything i see from then gives me feeling that evrything has been decided by a committee that do care more about politics and not customer needs. the shit one has to go trough to get the gemini-cli running is a good example of that.