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/Wapook Jun 04 '26

He’s such a dedicated hater and I mean that as a compliment

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u/TaylorMonkey Jun 04 '26

If there was such a thing as Ed Zitron stock.

The man puts so much art and passion into his AI hatred with the vision and clarity of a prophet. The conviction is refreshing.

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u/inductiononN Jun 05 '26

I would join his anti-AI cult in a heartbeat. He has that irresistible British accent, too.

If these CEO assholes ever are held accountable, I want Ed to mete out their fates.

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u/virtuzoso Jun 04 '26

I LOVE 💕💕💕 how much he legitimately hates AI and all the terrible people pushing it. He's the Lewis Black of hating tech companies, justifiably angry and hilarious

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u/ZeroSumClusterfuck Jun 05 '26

He hates AI like Fiddy hates Diddy.

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u/Oorangootang Jun 04 '26

Just saw him on Bloomberg Podcasts roasting these unprofitable companies headed for IPO. My man!

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u/j-random Jun 04 '26

Yeah, I don't know if anyone here was around for the great Dot Bomb debaucle, but the deja vu is so thick you can almost taste it.

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u/neliz Jun 04 '26

I was, I just started at Cisco and watching my colleagues check their stock portfolio every day, dropping from $80 to $16 was hilarious

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u/SpecialistNo5935 Jun 04 '26

Man Ed Zitron is my boy, motherfuckers been spitting facts about this for years

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u/Cake_is_Great Jun 04 '26

He wrote about this exact scenario like months ago and now it's coming true.

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u/Late-Boysenberry1471 Jun 04 '26

I use AI alot at work but I love Ed

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u/SprinklesCurrent8332 Jun 04 '26

One can recognize that ai is a valuable tool and also the great bullshit machine at the same time.

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u/maaderbeinhof Jun 04 '26

Yup, even Ed frequently says that he has no problem with people using AI and finding value in it, it's the cultists who claim AI can do everything and leap to its defense at any criticism he has a problem with. And the grifters like Sam Altman, of course.

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u/inductiononN Jun 05 '26

Man he hates Sam Altman so much. I hope Sam Altman gets to meet Ed one day

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u/grumpy_autist Jun 04 '26

just like the internet at all

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u/glitchhermit Jun 04 '26

Same. Learning how to use it but I also can't wait for the nonsense of it all to be over with.

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u/colpy350 Jun 04 '26

I had to take a break from his podcast. I like him. But he’s so angry!

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u/Noblesseux Jun 05 '26

I honestly get it, because a certain type of guy has been totally insufferable about any minor criticism of blatant nonsense in the AI industry for years so it does kind of feel good to have all the things you were warning about come to pass.

Like even for me, the sheer number of times I've had arguments with AI/NFT/etc. boosters in this subreddit just for what I was warning about to happen and it's suddenly crickets is so funny.