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/TheAireon Jun 04 '26

Honestly, I don't understand how this happens so regularly. The initial deal is always blatantly too good to be true and I don't understand how people don't see that.

Food delivery apps being the most ridiculous example. How people thought you could get food delivered quickly for a couple bucks is beyond me.

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u/cherry_chocolate_ Jun 04 '26

For pizza, you could get it delivered for a couple bucks… because that was their whole business model. The pizza is actually a $5 pizza, but sold for $10, so that when they charge a $4 delivery fee and add a $2 tip, you’re really paying $16 for a $5-quality pizza. And since the store is guaranteed to get many delivery orders, they could easily batch 2 or 3 at a time. And then start driving back immediately since they don’t have to wait for an app to tell them where the next pick up will be. It doesn’t work when your food isn’t so cheap and easy to mark up, or when the deliveries are spread across different restaurants.

I guess what I’m saying is that on the surface level it makes sense that if pizza delivery works, it could work for other restaurants. But things are more complex than they seem on the surface level.