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Re:Getting a Gemini API key is an exercise in frustration by nicbou on Thursday December 11, 2025 @11:01AM (#46233037)
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.

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Re:Getting a Gemini API key is an exercise in frustration by sceptic123 on Thursday December 11, 2025 @12:03PM (#46233947)
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.

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Re:Getting a Gemini API key is an exercise in frustration by nicbou on Thursday December 11, 2025 @08:45PM (#46239921)
Not really. Some things are just complex.
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