Please don't discontinue Gemini 2.5 Flash

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Post by NickDob » Fri, Jul 10, 2026, 8:00 PM UTC

Please don't discontinue Gemini 2.5 Flash
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Re: Please don't discontinue Gemini 2.5 Flash

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Post by mips_avatar » Fri, Jul 10, 2026, 8:40 PM UTC

It's such a good model for the price, for a lot of tasks it outperforms gpt5 at 3x the speed and 1/5 the price. The price jump from 2.5->3->3.5 has been so high.

Re: Please don't discontinue Gemini 2.5 Flash

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Post by m_m_carvalho » Fri, Jul 10, 2026, 8:49 PM UTC

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Re: Please don't discontinue Gemini 2.5 Flash

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Post by lostmsu » Fri, Jul 10, 2026, 8:55 PM UTC

Can't run Qwen 3.6 35B A3B? Even Qwen 3.5 9B is comparable.

Re: Please don't discontinue Gemini 2.5 Flash

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Post by kilroy123 » Fri, Jul 10, 2026, 8:57 PM UTC

UGH why are they killing this model? This is one of the best models you can use in an API for a large swath of tasks. It's kind of the perfect trifecta of fast, cheap, and smart enough.

Why does Google constantly kill off good things?

Re: Please don't discontinue Gemini 2.5 Flash

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Post by Hamuko » Fri, Jul 10, 2026, 8:57 PM UTC

Isn't asking Google to not discontinue a product a bit like asking the tide to not rise?

Re: Please don't discontinue Gemini 2.5 Flash

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Post by segmondy » Fri, Jul 10, 2026, 9:05 PM UTC

This is the problem with cloud models, you build a "predictable" workflow then they remove it with a new and improved one that is less deterministic and often costs more. If you use a local model discontinuation is no longer a thing to worry about.

Re: Please don't discontinue Gemini 2.5 Flash

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Post by cyanydeez » Fri, Jul 10, 2026, 9:05 PM UTC

kilroy123 wrote: post #5

UGH why are they killing this model? This is one of the best models you can use in an API for a large swath of tasks. It's kind of the perfect trifecta of fast, cheap, and smart enough. Why does Google constantly kill off good things?

because they keep these models loaded, and they can't just arbitrarily load up whatever models you want.

but it's more likely just a business case: they need you buying higher tier model output. They know whose doing what, so someone needs their 3Q bonus.

Re: Please don't discontinue Gemini 2.5 Flash

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Post by hrpnk » Fri, Jul 10, 2026, 9:07 PM UTC

I love how there is a "Please do not discontinue gemini-2.0-flash[-lite], 2.5 is NOT an equivalent" from Feb 20th. Getting too attached to models is a smell.

Re: Please don't discontinue Gemini 2.5 Flash

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Post by trvz » Fri, Jul 10, 2026, 9:07 PM UTC

Hamuko wrote: post #6

Isn't asking Google to not discontinue a product a bit like asking the tide to not rise?

That, and while you’ve chained yourself to the floor of the littoral zone previously.