First, the sign in with Google prompt. Go away. Enter my prompt, then hit with another sign in. Can’t use email, because that gets clipped on mobile. But in the spirit of community, I soldiered on to help a fellow HN user. So, I used Google sign-in, only to then get hit with “insufficient credits”.

<closes tab, and regrets not closing it earlier>

Look at your analytics, I’ll bet real money that part of your problem is the high friction website you’ve built. I entered a prompt, and after a non-trivial bit of effort I was told to fuck off (“insufficient credits”). I don’t see any great mystery here.