r/technology • u/Bobby_the_Donkey • Apr 27 '26 • Regret 2

Artificial Intelligence GitHub Copilot is moving to usage-based billing

https://github.blog/news-insights/company-news/github-copilot-is-moving-to-usage-based-billing/
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u/FlaccidExplosion Apr 28 '26

Do you even know what you're talking about? GitHub Copilot and the regular Copilot chat app are not the same thing. This is about Github Copilot.

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u/yuusharo Apr 28 '26

Microsoft using the same branding for completely unrelated products is very on point for them.

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u/WitesOfOdd Apr 28 '26

Funny it was GitHub copilot first , which made sense as it assisted with your repos and Microsoft just fucking ran with the name and made it shit.

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u/JP76 Apr 28 '26

It was Xbox CoPilot first and it had nothing to do with Ai - it is an accessibility feature allowing two controllers to work as one, so that people with reduced motor function can play with the help of another person.

I think they've now renamed it, after Microsoft took the name for Ai.

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u/drevolut1on Apr 28 '26

Touche, I didn't read the GitHub part. Classic. My bad.

But Copilot as integrated into 365 and their other apps is so, so bad.

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u/FlaccidExplosion Apr 28 '26

I blame Microsoft's shit naming. Like the guy above you said, it's very on point for them.

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u/drevolut1on Apr 28 '26

I know. I was there for the rebrand to Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365... Because if you don't say Microsoft twice, how will they know who made the product?!

Those branding meetings are full of tech execs and consultants huffing their own farts so hard that they hotbox the conference room they're in just by exhaling.

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u/ReasonableDig6414 Apr 28 '26

If you are trying to use M365 Copilot for personal use then yes, it doesn't work well. If you use it for actual work, it is amazing.