Reddit user details Gemini 4 Hydrogen "quota shrinkflation": double burn even on Low
Crypt0toad · reddit · 2026-11-14
A Reddit user lays out a detailed complaint that replacing Gemini 3.8 Flash with Gemini 4 Hydrogen in the Gemini app amounts to quota shrinkflation for paying subscribers:
- Double burn even on "Low": Hydrogen carries double the underlying token rate of 3.8 Flash ($1.50/$7.50 per million tokens) while consumer compute pool limits stayed untouched — a handful of normal turns wipes out the 5-hour and weekly allowances.
- Forced downgrade: everyday conversation gets pushed to the weaker Flash-Lite, marketed as an upgrade.
- Throttled everywhere: separate, heavily throttled pools across the Gemini app, Antigravity, and Argon/Carbon; consolidating pools without adding Antigravity quota 1:1 would trigger mass cancellations.
Demands: re-meter Hydrogen Low to match 3.8 Flash conversational mileage, and restore an economical mid-tier model option.
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