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Re:Our next-generation model: Gemini 1.5 by FergusArgyll on Thursday February 15, 2024 @12:32PM (#39385530)
I signed up for all of their AI products when I was in the US, some of them work while I'm out of country some don't. I can't tell what the rule is...
Re:Our next-generation model: Gemini 1.5 by lxgr on Thursday February 15, 2024 @12:50PM (#39385834)
I really, really hate all of these geo heuristics. Sure, don't advertise services to people outside of your market, I get that. Do ask for a payment method from that country too to provide your market-specific pricing if you must.

But once I'm a paying customer, I want to use the thing I'm paying for from where I am without jumping through ridiculous hoops!

The worst variant of this I've seen is when you can neither use nor cancel the subscription from outside a supported market.

Re:Our next-generation model: Gemini 1.5 by FergusArgyll on Thursday February 15, 2024 @01:24PM (#39386299)
To be clear, I didn't pay for any of them. I just signed up for early access to every product that uses some form of ML that can remotely be called "AI"...

Once I got accepted, some of them work outside of the US and some don't