Is Gemini-2.5-pro disabled for free-tier?

Another important point.
Connecting your API key to Google billing for the average user. Does anyone on the Google team understand how problematic and complicated this is from the average user’s perspective?
You’ve overcomplicated the entire project creation and billing process, making it difficult for even the developer to navigate. And for the average user for whom this app is being developed and who needs to obtain their own API key and link it to billing, this is simply impossible.
No app developed using free plans will make it to production, because everyone understands that forcing users to go through the hassle of creating Google billing is impossible.
Not every app is released ready for use, where the developer uses their own keys and billing.

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