AI costs how much? GitHub Copilot users react to new usage-based pricing system.
SMRTR summary
GitHub switched Copilot from request-based to usage-based billing, and users are getting a rude awakening. Monthly credit allotments are vanishing in hours — some burned through their entire quota in a single day. Complex prompts can cost hundreds of credits, and auto-model selection may quietly route requests to expensive frontier models, making even simple queries surprisingly costly.
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