Free student Google AI Pro lacks Gemini 4 Argon, user says
The author says their free student-year Google AI Pro has neither Opus 5.5 nor Gemini 4 Argon, and argues Google limiting promotional subscribers is more acceptable than Perplexity cutting limits for paying users.
One of my favorite things about the AI industry is watching companies act surprised when millions of people actually use the subscriptions they gave away for free Apparently, giving away subscriptions is much easier than providing the compute to support them:) I have a free student year of Google AI Pro, and neither Opus 5.5 nor Gemini 4 Argon is available to me. Annoying, but understandable Honestly, I respect that more than Perplexity’s approach At least Google is restricting access for promotional subscribers instead of making the entire Pro experience worse Perplexity has faced complaints from even its $20/month customers about shrinking limits and reduced model access Free users get a promotion, paying users get the consequences. What a business model
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