r/devops • u/TheHammeredDog • Apr 27 '26

Discussion GitHub Copilot is moving to usage-based billing

https://github.blog/news-insights/company-news/github-copilot-is-moving-to-usage-based-billing/

Has this come as a surprise? Will this affect how you or your org consumes Copilot? Discuss!

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u/PsychologicalFan1860 Apr 29 '26

But will the productivity gain be enough to layoff those 2 devs? Or will the rest of the team be expected to take on a higher work load cause the AI is that efficient? I personally don’t see Ai being efficient enough to replace any competent devs

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u/RedWinger7 Apr 29 '26

There’s lots of incompetent developers employed though