GitHub Copilot is moving to usage-based billing

Re:GitHub Copilot is moving to usage-based billing by tjoff on Monday April 27, 2026 @03:22PM (#47926073)

... that is exactly what they will do. Just click the link in this thread, or read the headline.

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Re:GitHub Copilot is moving to usage-based billing by hrpnk on Monday April 27, 2026 @03:41PM (#47926343)

Why the multipliers then at all?

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Re:GitHub Copilot is moving to usage-based billing by lexone on Monday April 27, 2026 @03:55PM (#47926508)

The multipliers are there only for current annual plan customers. After 2026 its all tokens.

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Re:GitHub Copilot is moving to usage-based billing by MattBDev on Monday April 27, 2026 @05:47PM (#47927803)

I thought I was smart for buying the annual plan after I graduated and lost my student plan and then GitHub taking away my Copilot Pro I got for free for being a author of a popular OSS project. Turns out I'm being punished for making that year commitment to them. I like to think I'm only a moderate user of GHCP so this is just terrible for me. I'm honestly thinking about cancelling and switching to alternatives while also looking at investing in a local LLM setup.

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Re:GitHub Copilot is moving to usage-based billing by fuglede_ on Tuesday April 28, 2026 @12:37AM (#47930505)

So they're changing the product that people already paid an annual subscription for to the worse. That's asking for legal complaints.

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