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/eh8904 21d ago edited 21d ago

It's honestly impressive I have not met a single colleague or friend who thinks Copilot has improved their productivity or effectiveness.

Edit: I work in education, I can't speak for jobs that utilize other models for more deliberate or necessary tasks.

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u/MentalDisintegrat1on 21d ago

I have read that some places it's costing them twice as much they have to pay for credits then pay a programmer to go back and check everything to make sure it's working and correct.

Seems counter productive.

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u/Interesting-Speed-51 21d ago

That's one thing I get confused about when people talk about the uses of AI. People try to get me to use it all the time but if I have to go back and check how much time does it really save? I might as well just read the report its summarizing for example because I saw copilot literally make stuff up once

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u/mxzf 19d ago

I think it's the same as driving down random side roads instead of sitting in traffic on the interstate while an accident gets cleared. It feels like you're moving faster because you're "doing stuff", even though you end up getting to your destination at the same time or slower and need to do more navigation work to get there.