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Google significantly reduced the free quota and removed pro models from gemini cli some 2-3 moths ago.
Also, Gemini models eat tokens like crazy. Something Codex and Code would do with 2K tokens takes Gemini 100K. Not sure why.
I guess I’ve never tried the pro models, because I’ve used gemini-cli free every day for the last three months or so.
It does eventually finish its quota, but then I just switch to a different Google account (which, amusingly, is what Gemini told me to do).
Happy to consume Google’s free tokens! The free model is a distant third for coding, but it’s fine for leaf node work in a larger project.