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Re:If you don't opt out by Apr 24 GitHub will train on your ... by pistoriusp on Friday March 27, 2026 @06:06PM (#47548974)
I don't use copilot, but somehow was subscribed... I probably clicked something long ago and it just remained active.
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Re:If you don't opt out by Apr 24 GitHub will train on your ... by input_sh on Friday March 27, 2026 @06:29PM (#47549226)
They "gift you" a free standard plan if you have above a certain (non-transparent) level of stars, I don't think you can even disable your "subscription" if you get it for free.
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Re:If you don't opt out by Apr 24 GitHub will train on your ... by tptacek on Friday March 27, 2026 @06:14PM (#47549071)
They're only training on interactions with Copilot, not with the full contents of repos that happen to be subscribed to Copilot.
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