You can have "verified" account (for 18+ and Gmail), bank card added, active AI Pro subscription, and still you won't be able to use even the free tier of Antigravity.

And their verification is some major AI slop that just doesn't work. This is open from June but this was already a bug in Gemini CLI before then: https://github.com/google-antigravity/antigravity-cli/issues...

I'll wait for Astra and Grok 4.7 announcements but probably getting at least one Ultra subscription.

Since testing 3.7 on Pro for last two weeks I'm realizing just how long I'm waiting on other models. I've been multitasking to compensate but it's exhausting so I'd rather not.

I would say either start new sessions for new tasks or limit the context to something smaller than 1M.

I usually start with research/planning session, this goes into a detailed implementation plan and then a new session for the actual implementation.

If it's complex problem maybe a review/adversarial step between plan and implementation.

Also with forever-session any time you take a longer break (depends on model and provider as to how long) you will push an entire big context again without caching even if you don't need it. With 1M context this gets expensive.

[1] https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/ALL/?uri=CELEX:52...

But it’s still an exception: https://chatgpt.com/s/t_6a8d8edbe3108191988c5dc978d62d43

Note you still have formal bookkeeping requirements for EURL unlike US LLC.

There's no other country in the world that has anything like that.

People don't realize how insanely business friendly US is compared to rest of the world.

Yes, you need to pay personal income tax in your tax resident country but that's much easier than formalized bookkeeping and corporate income tax (assuming your LLC is DE which is the default). Also for other taxes like VAT you have to register for and pay those regardless of where your company is registered.

US LLC has no formal bookkeeping requirements but you still need to report distributions and contributions to IRS annually (via fax or certified letter), submit annual statements to your state (but those are just hey I'm still alive not financial statements, they are even free in some states like Montana) and maintain registered agent but that's like $50/year. It's crazy just how easy it is.

The digital part is just about what your business can realistically do without it having local or at least EU based presence in some form.

For once you'll have issues with dealing with local businesses and EU marketplaces rather than government.

For example eBay account is basically impossible without having US address and resident VPN. And you'll constantly worry about getting banned, which is already a worry even if you are legitimate local based business since they too big to have to care about customer support like most big corps.

If you're just selling software or something like that it's much easier. The more you go into physical goods or services realm the more hurdles you will have. You can't hire people for example without having a branch or similar. Same for real estate or some equipment like cars.

Also for some services every local business you invoice will potentially have tax withholding to deal with. This is in particular a problem in Poland which has the strictest tax withholding regulations.

In addition, you cannot register LTD in Ireland yourself, the Company's secretary must be a different person. So either you are now in business with a friend or you pay someone.

For any other member country you also run into a language barrier.

Polish "Sp. z o.o." has ~1150€ (5000 PLN) minimal capital requirement.

Registering entity with corporation tax requirement in any other country also means you would need to defend its tax residency (practically impossible if you don't actually do business there) or you have to pay corporation tax in the country you are actually operating in. It's doable but now you are dealing with two different tax authorities and potentially pay taxes in different currency and you can't have books in multiple currencies so get to have lots of fun.

It's much easier to just register US LLC instead at this point. However if you want to do anything physical not digital you end up having to register and do taxes in your resident country anyway. But you can avoid corporation tax at least and keep limited liability.

Chinese sellers don’t care, sure, but if you live in EU you do care.

That said while the financial penalties are in practice still not common they are chilling nevertheless.

However, EU is also now starting marketplace level enforcement, so in practice even those Chinese sellers will not be able to sell anything without registration.

Also you have Streamlined Sales Tax Registration System (SSTRS) for actual registration in US which covers 24 states.

If it was just single registration for EU and paying for each kg of plastic or electronics to member states (like you do with VAT already via VAT-OSS) then it wouldn't be such a big deal.

Even if you didn't have any agreement with recycling companies in each member state and you had to pay the highest per-kg fees it would still be manageable for small sellers.

Meanwhile if you want to sell a single circuit board you're looking at several thousand euro in registration fees and several months for processing just to sell legally to 4-5 countries in EU.

They got rid of the de minimis €150 limit for tariffs and added fees on top.

There was also €25 VAT de minimis limit but that’s also no longer the case since some time.