It is. One thing you'll notice about all the copilot detractors - they frequently haven't actually tried it themselves.

I can’t think of a use case for it. By the time I have decided upon an approach, I likely have the constituent bits already somewhat composed, CoPilot would only get in the way.

Assuming a use case, why in earth would I trust such a Trojan Horse from Microsoft, seeing as how it’s likely serving its master in intended ways I can only guess at?

It’s not a useful tool, imo, but then I don’t use IDEs or autocomplete.

Maybe I’m not the target developer.

It’s a duck problem. Quacks like trouble, smells like trouble, looks like trouble, comes from an arch-enemy of FOSS that bought a major FOSS hub and is now seeking to do something with its purchase, which I’ll wager isn’t a good upright wholesome thing.

Your comment sounds like "I hate it, but I can't find any concrete problems that I can criticize".

Or you can read my actual comment that states that I don’t have a use case for it, and that I de-facto don’t trust it’s corporate owner, whose slogan was literally “embrace, extend, extinguish” a few years after the birth of the web.

Why invent things when I was perfectly clear?

I read your comment. The sentiment about MS being anti-open source is ridiculous. Microsoft contributes tons of code to open source. I am not aware of any anti-open source efforts in MS under the current CEO.

You also write "Quacks like trouble, smells like trouble, looks like trouble" which is simply baseless. This particular passage triggered my observation that you simply hate it without any justification.

I totally appreciate that you might not find Copilot useful, but your comment went farther than that.

Why would I pay $10 for something just to be allowed to criticize it?