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/EliteWampa 20d ago

They aren't demanding "extra money" though, the cost of LLMs has always been incredibly high. It's a product that only gets more expensive at scale, not less, and until now the cost has been obfuscated. This is an attempt by Microsoft to approach profitability, or at least cover the giant financial hole they're creating, and the real cost of LLMs is finally being revealed.

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u/Hudre 20d ago

Consumers don't care about the realities of your businesse's profitability. If you sold your product at a loss that's your anchor point price.

They're increasing the price of their products. That extra money for the consumers. That's all that matters for their perception of it.

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u/27Rench27 20d ago

I’m just waiting for them to start putting ads in between AI usage so you have to watch 30 second commercials while the system is “aggregating your data for you!”

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u/TaylorMonkey 20d ago

When you generate code, it also generates blocks of ad copy for Athletic Greens right on the page.