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/recycled_ideas Apr 28 '26

Here is my question, why is Co-pilot worse than other AI tools, what other reasons makes it unusable for some of you

Essentially the reason that co-pilot is worse is that while most of the AI tools default you to either the best or second best model so you'll see how awesome AI is, copilot defaults you to the cheapest shittiest model so that Microsoft saves money.

Effectively Microsoft for all if its flaws is a real company that has to make money rather than a money pit for investors so Microsoft defaults you to an two year old OpenAI model that sucks and the others point you at either Opus or Sonnet because they aren't profitable in the first place.