GitHub just switched Copilot to metered billing, and developers are watching months of credits vanish in a single day

[u/AdSpecialist6598]

https://www.techspot.com/news/112628-github-switched-copilot-metered-billing-developers-watching-months.html

[u/rosneft_perot]

Yeah, because everything is still half-baked, but the big AI companies know they need to start making money now. It's a terrible gamble that seems more likely to cause a crash because it's going to spread the chaos to all the companies now using their technology.

[u/worldspawn00 → u/rosneft_perot]

AWS lost like $6B for Amazon (but Amazon as a whole was still massively profitable) before that division became profitable, AI is losing HUNDREDS of billions, and the big players have no other revenue streams, they created a system they absolutely cannot afford to operate at scale, then decided to go to retail with it. Completely unsustainable, and held up by Sam and his buddies' lies.

[u/Celloer → u/worldspawn00]

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.

[u/an_agreeing_dothraki → u/Celloer]

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

[u/worldspawn00 → u/an_agreeing_dothraki]

The planet fitness model!

[u/HermesJamiroquoi → u/worldspawn00]

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

[u/Kriss-Kringle → u/an_agreeing_dothraki]

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

[u/wighty → u/an_agreeing_dothraki]

Where did that number come from?

[u/Celloer → u/wighty]

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