I'll count my clicks, starting from going to https://aistudio.google.com
1. "Get API Key" in the upper right on the default landing page
2. "Create API Key" in the upper right on the https://aistudio.google.com/apikey page
3. Select a project (default sure why not)
4. "Create API key"
... I dunno, that seems substantially the same as 3 clicks to me.
Is there some different more confusing path people take? Is the "Get API Key" button on the landing page new?
That's interesting. I first got mine directly from GCloud Console and it wasn't too hard to get one but wasn't as streamlined as your method either. Thanks for sharing.