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Brent D. Griffiths
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A number of users are unhappy with what they would need to pay to keep using GitHub Copilot like they have been.
GitHub Copilot users get a rude awakening as new AI pricing goes into effect
GitHub Copilot's internal estimator suggests some users could pay hundreds more under a usage-based AI pricing model that went into effect this week.
TL;DRAI
GitHub Copilot switched to token-usage billing June 1; users face $700+ monthly bills instead of $45 fixed subscriptions. This consumption model exposes true agentic AI inference costs, signaling broader industry shift toward variable pricing—rethinking engineering budgets.
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