I subscribed to ChatGPT for a few years, but over the holidays noticed that it was making frequent errors and hallucinations when dealing with more obscure Linux and Firefox issues. Trying Gemini as a backup produced much better answers, to the point I switched my subscription. I do everything through the app/website rather than the API; I understand this is pricier but I like having convenient access, a searchable history, memory, etc.

I try the ChatGPT free tier as a backup second opinion sometimes, but find their newest model to be painfully rambling.

I want to like Claude and might consider subscribing to it instead, but am put off by reports of its tight usage limits. With Gemini, though, I never hit a limit unless I conduct a few Deep Research queries at the highest level.