You might wanna check back on that on mate. If I am understanding what they are saying, it means that the Gen AI & Cloud credits are no longer usable with Google AI Studio. However if we look at the benefits page. It says this ‘Start building in AI Studio and Vertex AI or any Google Cloud product.’ Meaning it is 100% by advertisement usable with AI Studio. I dunno man, if its a bug its a bug, but if its no longer usable that has to breach something. I mean strait up false advertisement given it stated or something more.
If this is confirmed, it might be worth taking a screenshot of the benefits page regarding that. Remembering that the system worked perfectly fine with the credits not even 48 hours ago. Because it might, might be false advertising/Bait and switch if, If its not a bug.
And in regards to a potential, again I am not fully sure but maybe a potential breach of contract. We signed up with the plans that list specific features and benefits active from the moment of purchase. By removing the credit-linking mechanism without giving users explicit, advanced notification or a prorated refund option, Google unilaterally changed the material value of the contract you paid for.
Take everything I just said with a grain of over reactive salt though.