Relatable Pain of Free Trials | Generated by AI
Relatable pain. You got hit by the free trial trap — easiest thing in the world to forget.
158 HKD (~20 USD) for Google AI Pro you barely used is annoying but not catastrophic. The good news: you already canceled, so it ends Jun 20 and you won’t be charged again.
A few things worth knowing:
Is there any value to extract before Jun 20? Google AI Pro includes Gemini Advanced (2.0 Flash/Pro access), 5TB Drive storage, and NotebookLM Plus. Given your workflow — 1.5B tokens/year, heavy LLM usage — you could squeeze some value by:
- Testing Gemini 2.5 Pro for coding tasks (it’s actually competitive with Claude/GPT-4o on code benchmarks now)
- Using the 5TB Drive as a temporary dump for large datasets before the sub ends
Prevent this in future: Set a calendar reminder the day you start any free trial. Or use Privacy.com (or similar) to create a virtual card with a spending cap — the charge simply fails when the trial ends.
You learned cheap. Move on.