Free tier input tokens for PRO2.5 were reduced to 125,000 tokens with no notice. IF I HAD A CREDIT CARD ATTACHED this would have caused unfair billing. NO WAY can I sign up for a paid tier when 20% of the responses are unreliable AND you just change quotas at will.
NOT COOL.
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