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Please don't discontinue Gemini 2.5 Flash
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Users express concern over the potential discontinuation of Gemini 2.5 Flash due to its superior performance in specific workflows compared to Gemini 3 Flash. Internal benchmarks indicate that Gemini 3 Flash does not meet the same performance standards, even after adjustments to prompting.
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- Praise: The 1.5 and 2.0 Flash models were absolute beasts — cheap and fast, making them ideal for fine-tuned workloads with substantial latency reductions.
- Praise: Some users are optimistic about the potential for open weights models, suggesting they could provide a more reliable alternative in the long run.
- Concern: Every generation after Gemini 2.0 Flash has been a grim hit on price/performance — costs are up, throughput down, with only slight performance improvements.
- Concern: The leap in costs from Gemini 2.5 Flash to 3.5 Flash is staggering, tripling the expense and raising concerns about the end of affordable AI.
- Concern: There's a growing sentiment that relying on proprietary models in production is risky, as they can be taken away at any time, leaving users in a bind.