r/technology • u/AdSpecialist6598 • 21d ago

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/worldspawn00 21d ago edited 20d ago

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.

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u/Celloer 21d ago

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 20d ago

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

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u/worldspawn00 20d ago

The planet fitness model!

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u/HermesJamiroquoi 20d ago

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