Expired60% confidenceEventExact time
A Hacker News post about GitHub Copilot's billing change received over 700 upvotes with comments almost unanimously expressing frustration.
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Sources
60%
Confidence
Medium-term (~90 days)
Relevance
7/2/2026
First Seen
Valid until: 9/30/2026(expired)
Sources
GitHub Copilot Switches to Per-Token Billing: The End of AI Coding Tool Subsidies
bilibili-与AI同行-6/1/2026
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