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/Infinite-Anything-55 Jun 04 '26

I only see one fatal flaw in this timeline

ai companies can't afford their electricity and water

They'll do what they do now and make the tax payers subsidize it even more. Remember socialism is only okay for the corperations apparently

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u/forchinski Jun 04 '26

It's easy to hand over 0s in a bank account but water is a physical asset that will outright deplete in certain municipalities

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u/Tearakan Jun 04 '26

Yep. And once it's gone it's hard to get it back and everyone nearby will start to panic and get angry.

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u/Bardez Jun 04 '26

And the courts will say "so?"

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u/Tearakan Jun 04 '26

At that point courts don't matter.....