Comment by swe_dima

It's scary relying on Google's models.

I have a very price sensitive workload that used to run on flash 2.5 lite - it's deprecated now.

The replacement 3.1 flash lite is a lot more expensive, but now also has a sunset date.

3.5 flash lite is even more expensive.

So the price is rising and you have no choice but to keep paying more and more.