Sentry cofounder blasts Google for deprecating a key model, says LLM pricing hasn't gotten cheaper in 6 months of data

zeeg · x · 2026-10-08

David Cramer (zeeg), cofounder of Sentry, called out Google for deprecating a model his team relies on in production and replacing it with a more expensive one they don't need.

He adds that six months of his own billing data shows LLM inference isn't actually cheaper in absolute dollars: top-end intelligence costs about the same, and comparable intelligence hasn't dropped meaningfully in price. His parting shot: vendors these days are annoying.

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Sentry cofounder blasts Google for deprecating a key model, says LLM pricing hasn't gotten cheaper in 6 months of data

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