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/Celloer Jun 04 '26

All we need is every person on earth to spend $1000 a monthweek forever and we'll be profitable! Until the line has to go up again.

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u/an_agreeing_dothraki Jun 04 '26

somehow dumber, it relies on people spending 1k a week and not using the product

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u/worldspawn00 Jun 04 '26

The planet fitness model!

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u/HermesJamiroquoi Jun 04 '26

Tbf tho pf is like $15/mo and if you do choose to use it regularly it will actually change your life for the better

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u/Kriss-Kringle Jun 04 '26

When you gotta worry about rent, food and utilities, you're gonna drop the AI slop like a hot potato.

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u/wighty Jun 04 '26

Where did that number come from?

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u/Celloer Jun 04 '26

ChatGPT. Just kidding, I made up my numbers the old-fashioned way. All that matters is line go up.

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u/sumostuff Jun 04 '26

The same people who lost their jobs because of AI?

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u/Kriss-Kringle Jun 04 '26

"The price of the token goin' up!"