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iandanforth ◴[25 Jun 25 13:37 UTC] No.44377207[source]▶
I love how fragmented Google's Gemini offerings are. I'm a Pro subscriber, but I now learn I should be a "Gemini Code Assist Standard or Enterprise" user to get additional usage. I didn't even know that existed! As a run of the mill Google user I get a generous usage tier but paying them specifically for "Gemini" doesn't get me anything when it comes to "Gemini CLI". Delightful!
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__MatrixMan__ ◴[25 Jun 25 14:22 UTC] No.44377663[source]▶
Anthropic is the same. Unless it has changed within the last few months, you can subscribe to Claude but if you want to use Claude Code it'll come out of your "API usage" bucket which is billed separately than the subscription.

Some jerk has learned that we prefer CLI things and has come to the conclusion that we should therefore pay extra for them.

Workaround is to use their GUI with some MCPs but I dislike it because window navigation is just clunky compared to terminal multiplexer navigation.

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1. unshavedyak ◴[25 Jun 25 14:35 UTC] No.44377832[source]▶
In addition to others mentioning subscriptions being better in Claude Code, i wanted to compare the two so i tried to find a Claude Max equivalent license... i have no clue how. In their blog post they mention `Gemini Code Assist Standard or Enterprise license` but they don't even link to it.. lol.

Some googling lands me to a guide: https://cloud.google.com/gemini/docs/discover/set-up-gemini#...

I stopped there because i don't want to signup i just wanted to review, but i don't have an admin panel or etc.

It feels insane to me that there's a readme on how to give them money. Claude's Max purchase was just as easy as Pro, fwiw.