Re:Getting a Gemini API key is an exercise in frustration
by sceptic123 on Thursday December 11, 2025 @08:32AM
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I thought thees things were complex on purpose to make it hard for people to easily understand and compare so you have to speak to a sales person who can do the upselling
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Re:Getting a Gemini API key is an exercise in frustration
by nicbou on Thursday December 11, 2025 @11:01AM
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Nope. I built a calculator for that last year and ooooh boy. Now I pipe half the requests to a human because of all the possible mistakes a person can make. It's crazy complicated.
Finding that human is also hard because of the perverse incentives to sell more lucrative products.
Re:Getting a Gemini API key is an exercise in frustration
by sceptic123 on Thursday December 11, 2025 @12:03PM
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That's my point, you need to be a specialist to understand it, but the specialists are incentivised to upsell you.
A simpler product would be better for consumers, but won't happen because there are industries (and a lot of lobbying) built up around keeping the money train rolling.