Also, when it comes to pricing:
- an hour of Gemini costs about $7.5
- Grok 4 is a bit more expensive, but smarter
- Claude 4 is way pricier, even without Thinking
So yeah, you probably want to figure out what your costs and potential profit could look like.
- If you’re making $30/h from a task, giving 30% of that to a machine that’ll do it for you isn’t the worst deal.
- But if you’re making $4/h, then maybe don’t use a $40/h machine for it, right?
cancel, and use gemini code or claude code or other ai dev ide
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So what exactly are we paying $20 or $60 for? The “auto” mode is just a free alternative to basic, free models! If I’m paying money, it means I’m choosing and expecting to use a serious, advanced model — not the “auto” mode, which is a free version meant for kids’ entertainment.
Cursor is even in violation of EU-Regulation 2005/29/EG at this point. This is gonna backfire so bad. What a waste.
lol calm bro
i know your pain, we also feel the same
have you experience with using API key? and see how fast you will burn $20
Auto uses frontier models sometimes. Also auto is unlimited and free in background mode and only uses frontier models.