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by edandersen 119 days ago
Google, unlike all their competitors, actually give Cloud API credits to all paying users of AI Pro and AI Ultra [1] - just use those for direct Gemini/Vertex API access instead of trying to hack the OAuth of Google's apps.

[1] https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/technology/developers-...
2 comments
benatkin 119 days ago
I think they could object to some uses of OpenClaw for that as well - for instance if someone just used a skill without caring what model it used.
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mark_l_watson 118 days ago
great point - I am a heavy user of API calls (using an API key) for gemini-3-flash-preview and I find it difficult to spend my free API credits.
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