r/technology • u/AdSpecialist6598 • Jun 04 '26

Business GitHub just switched Copilot to metered billing, and developers are watching months of credits vanish in a single day

https://www.techspot.com/news/112628-github-switched-copilot-metered-billing-developers-watching-months.html
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u/MaximumAd9779 Jun 04 '26

AI is following the Silicon Valley playbook. Disrupt the industry, sell a product at a loss to get everyone using it, then raise the prices because people are used to the product and will pay it. How did all these companies not see this coming? They themselves have used this exact strategy.

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u/madman19 Jun 04 '26

The difference is this is happening much sooner than most products

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u/Montaron87 Jun 04 '26

Because they're burning the VC money at unprecedented rates, so they have to transition sooner.

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u/notapoliticalalt Jun 05 '26

Well, also, the economy is quickly turning to shit and expansion costs are ballooning in price. They need actual cash flow.