> Google have more cash to burn in the AI race so can be more forgiving today in how their codex plans are used.

Even despite the larger cash pile to burn, Google is in the middle of their own controversy around what many feel is a rug-pull around how Gemini "AI credits" work and are priced.

See:

https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/12/users_protest_as_goog...

https://old.reddit.com/r/google_antigravity/comments/1rv4cec...

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