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GitHub Copilot is moving to usage-based billing (github.blog)
submitted 6 months ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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I love how corpos can just change the rules at will.

Edit: New prices:

https://docs.github.com/en/copilot/reference/copilot-billing/models-and-pricing

And if you look at the old pricing structure, some of the models are increasing by 27x

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[–] 93 points 6 months ago (10 children)

Tale as old as time. Corpos try to get you dependent and then give your business an atomic wedgie.

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  • [–] 49 points 6 months ago (5 children)

    The good news is that none of the companies pushing these products have created the dependency yet, and they are running out of venture capital almost too fast to have the option.

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  • [–] 24 points 6 months ago (4 children)

    I really hope you're right. My employer is using it as a crutch. I don't think they can stop using AI because they just don't have enough skilled employees to deliver on their commitments. They would pay nearly any price, and I'm sure they're not alone.

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  • [–] 43 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    They would pay nearly any price

    Literally any price except paying skilled employees.

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  • [–] 13 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    watch me go back to debugging like a real engineer: copying and pasting from stack overflow

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