M$ is changing the billing model and /r/GithubCopilot isn't very happy about it.
This post is https://www.reddit.com/r/GithubCopilot/comments/1tbfkui/ill_just_leave_this_here/ but there are a lot like it.
this post was submitted on 02 Jun 2026
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I thought that if you download a pretrained model (probably a "lite" variant) it can get you pretty far, no?
Ah. I see. Not your own model; just your own hosting infrastructure.
Yeah, you could potentially do it. You'll get the same junk they're delivering with the model running on their infrastructure though, of course.