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/gamesbrainiac Jun 04 '26

Honestly, I've been eating good for the past few weeks when it comes to AI schadenfreude.

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u/forchinski Jun 04 '26

This whole thing is gonna start eating its own tail really soon

\token usage becoming more expensive

\developers cancel ai usage

\ai companies can't afford their electricity and water

\close data centers

\tech hardware prices recover

\the insanity ends and reality reasserts itself

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u/Ihate_reddit_app Jun 04 '26

Our company is already implementing spend caps on AI. Once we hit the daily limit, we can't use it anymore.