The internet seems to have collectively lost its mind over GitHub Copilot's new AI Credits...
GitHub replaced Copilot's flat model with variable AI Credits tied to model choice, context size, and compute—making costs unpredictable. CTO teams now face unexpected overspend risk and must evaluate multi-tool strategies instead of single-platform reliance for cost control.
The internet seems to have collectively lost its mind over GitHub Copilot's new AI Credits system.
After reading dozens of Reddit threads, GitHub documentation, and angry comments, I've realized most developers aren't upset because the pricing changed.
They're upset because nobody understands it.
So here's the simplest explanation I can give.
The Old Copilot
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