Ask HN: Is it just me or has Gemini enshittified in the last three weeks?
A user of the Gemini Pro plan has reported increased rate-limiting issues over the past few weeks. This change coincides with a new user interface and the introduction of the Gemini 3.5 Preview model. The user expresses concern that compute resources may be shifting away from Gemini, which was previously their preferred model for quick answers.
- ▪The user has been on the Gemini Pro plan for nine months.
- ▪They have noticed a significant increase in rate-limiting since early May.
- ▪The changes seem to align with the release of the Gemini 3.5 Preview model.
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As someone who's been using the Gemini Pro plan for the past 9 months, I noticed a massive jump in the amount of rate-limiting I'm getting from Gemini since around the beginning of May.It seems to coincide with the updated UI and the release of the Gemini 3.5 Preview model.For the better part of this year, Gemini was my go-to model for answering simple questions quickly. The google search plug-in made it super easy to ask, and it seemed to have endless capacity for research and complex answers on the $20/month plan. Meanwhile, I used Claude very sparingly, and saved most of my Pro plan for Claude Code tokens. Now I find that I'm rate-limited by Gemini harder than Claude.
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