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Gemini CLI will stop working from June 18, 2026

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Re: Gemini CLI will stop working from June 18, 2026

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Post by Mond_ »

amunozo wrote: post #114
Glohrischi wrote: post #111

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think google has another 'problem': Gemini needs to do a lot more than claude. They use Gemini for personal assistent to all of their Gmail and co users/customers. They have Google Docs, they have GCP were gemini should support you too. They also have a lot more languages to support too. They optimize Gemini for A LOT more than 'just' coding. So its probably a balance act for them. And because they are that rich an…

What is preventing them from making a coding dedicated model if that's the issue?

Strategic vision.

The common sentiment is that you didn't really want to do that. You expect higher returns from only having a single base model.

Re: Gemini CLI will stop working from June 18, 2026

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Post by dzikimarian »

dbbk wrote: post #175
blitzar wrote: post #97

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I disagree; gemini is their ai model brand, antigravity is their code harness. Its much better branding than calling every single product "Co-Pilot (tm)".

Yes it'd be like if Claude Code was actually called Opus

Except they have Flash & Pro labels too for another level of complexity

Re: Gemini CLI will stop working from June 18, 2026

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Post by crespire »

crakhamster01 wrote: post #72

How does anyone internally at Google justify these decisions? Even if there are competing implementations, in terms of brand recognition, I feel like “Gemini” is more closely associated with Google than “Antigravity”. Why pick the more obscure option?! Perhaps they felt the sentiment on Gemini CLI was beyond repair, but surely there must be some voice on the inside saying “developers will never adopt our products if…

This is the Google messaging problem all over again. Hangouts, Google Chat, Google Hangout Google whatever the fuck, messaging, GMail chat, Google Wave, Google Duo, Google MS Teams.

Now Meets Chat is Hangouts again!

Re: Gemini CLI will stop working from June 18, 2026

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Post by kirtivr »

For enterprise customers

If your organization uses Gemini CLI or our IDE extensions via a Gemini Code Assist Standard or Enterprise license, or if your organization uses Gemini Code Assist for GitHub through Google Cloud, your access remains unchanged. We’ll continue to support Gemini CLI and Gemini Code Assist with access to the latest Gemini models and other updates.

Oh, at least they didn't drop off Enterprise users. I think the general transition is towards building specialized products on top of agents. A lot of people are using claude code, codex, and other subsidized coding agents for non coding purposes as well.

Re: Gemini CLI will stop working from June 18, 2026

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Post by Rebuff5007 »

crespire wrote: post #183
crakhamster01 wrote: post #72

How does anyone internally at Google justify these decisions? Even if there are competing implementations, in terms of brand recognition, I feel like “Gemini” is more closely associated with Google than “Antigravity”. Why pick the more obscure option?! Perhaps they felt the sentiment on Gemini CLI was beyond repair, but surely there must be some voice on the inside saying “developers will never adopt our products if…

This is the Google messaging problem all over again. Hangouts, Google Chat, Google Hangout Google whatever the fuck, messaging, GMail chat, Google Wave, Google Duo, Google MS Teams. Now Meets Chat is Hangouts again!

Between this comment, and the comment above, I dont know what feels like fair criticism here.

Having a single perfect product strategy with non-overlapping product categories and understandable names is hard for any organization, particularly in a rapidly evolving space.

Its obviously an issue to have multiple mature products be chaotically names.

At this moment antigravity and gemini cli and are hardly mature. Isn't now the perfect time to consolidate?

Re: Gemini CLI will stop working from June 18, 2026

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Post by HarHarVeryFunny »

benfortuna wrote: post #176
blitzar wrote: post #155

Earlier quoted context omitted.

When you say Antigravity, I think of floating around on a space ship.

I think that's a lack of gravity. According to wikipedia antigravity is in fact impossible (under known laws of physics).

It's not lack of gravity - it's just that you and the space ship are both falling towards earth under the same gravitational acceleration, so your acceleration relative to the spaceship is zero. You don't need to be in space to experience this - in a "vomit comet" airplane used for training astronauts (and for photographing Kate Upton) you experience the same thing as the plane goes into freefall.

You would of course also experience the same thing if you were out in space far from any major gravitational attraction (almost "lack of gravity"), but obviously that's not the case with things like the ISS that we're used to seeing.

Re: Gemini CLI will stop working from June 18, 2026

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Post by ur-whale »

opsnooperfax wrote: post #161
throwaway894345 wrote: post #151

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Reminds me of the Microsoft days circa 2010 when Microsoft published half a dozen media players (Zune!), word processors, email clients, etc.

I think this is a systemic problem of an industry where gross margin is 80% or higher, so you can plow all that extra money into superfluous headcount tasked with objectives of questionable business value. It’s a curse of riches, if you will. The rest of us living on 15 to 30% margins need to think a little harder about what we do and why.

> I think this is a systemic problem of an industry where gross margin is 80%

explain how GOOG's margin is 80%

what methodology do you use to derive that number?

just curious.

Re: Gemini CLI will stop working from June 18, 2026

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Post by ur-whale »

Havoc wrote: post #139

>This account isn't eligible for Google Antigravity And clicking on "Explore Google AI plans" takes me to...I kid you not...the storage settings page of google drive. Genuinely can't tell wtf google even wants me to use. Vertex? Gemini? Antigravity? Antigravity 2? Agent platform? Google One? Gemini Enterprise? Google AI? Don't they have a senior management team that can impose some coordination?

> Don't they have a senior management team that can impose some coordination?

They do have a senior management team, as can be ascertained by the size of their compensation package.

For the other part, which is actually doing actual management: nope.

Re: Gemini CLI will stop working from June 18, 2026

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Post by ur-whale »

asdfsa32 wrote: post #130
xnx wrote: post #109

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Public companies operate for the benefit of shareholders.

Which is "Google" in this sense, the employees are just workers, Google is not a coop. Google operates for Google, or it's owners which are the shareholders. No?

Two points to consider:

    a) A vast majority of Google FTE are actually shareholders via equity grants, so there's that. Not a coop, but a taste of it.

    b) The way you make more money at Google is by getting promoted. And unfortunately, the way you get promoted at Google is by looking like you are actively innovating, but without any measured correlation to the actual impact on the bottom line of the company. The result is typically the kind of shite everyone is complaining about in this thread.
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