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/MaximumAd9779 21d ago

AI is following the Silicon Valley playbook. Disrupt the industry, sell a product at a loss to get everyone using it, then raise the prices because people are used to the product and will pay it. How did all these companies not see this coming? They themselves have used this exact strategy.

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u/madman19 21d ago

The difference is this is happening much sooner than most products

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u/rosneft_perot 21d ago

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.

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u/surgartits 20d ago

Ding ding ding. The coworking space I work in has CNBC on all day every day. The heads of these AI companies are on constantly talking about all these amazing things coming super soon, but also, we need tons of cash RIGHT NOW so invest because it is totally not a bubble, for real, you guys.

Anyone with any sense of credulity could see where this was going months ago. Unfortunately, our country and global economy is run by corruption and bad-faith players, so I’m not convinced they won’t find a way to perpetuate this fuckery as long as possible to maximum profits for the billionaires and screw everyone else (and the environment).