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4.7M Devs Just Lost GitHub Copilot’s Flat-Rate Deal

GitHub Copilot’s new AI Credits keep prices familiar but meter advanced usage, leaving power users bracing for surprise costs.

Key takeaways

  • 4.7 million paid GitHub Copilot subscribers just moved from predictable AI coding assistance to a metered credit system, and the sharpest pain is landing on the de...
  • Microsoft switched GitHub Copilot from flat-rate subscriptions to token-based billing on June 1, replacing premium request units with GitHub AI Credits...
  • GitHub Copilot’s $0.01 AI Credit turns coding help into metered compute
  • The old Copilot pitch was simple: pay a monthly fee, get AI assistance inside the development workflow, and stop thinking about the meter. That predictability mattered...

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Canonical source: https://mlxio.com/ai-ml/github-copilot-ai-credits

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