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Internal documents reveal that Microsoft plans to temporarily suspend individual account signups to its GitHub Copilot coding product, as it transitions from requests (single interactions with Copilot) towards token-based billing.

The documents reveal that the weekly cost of running Github Copilot has doubled since the start of the year.

Microsoft also intends to tighten the rate limits on its individual and business accounts, and to remove access to certain models for those with the cheapest subscriptions.

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[–] LiveLM@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 weeks ago

And just this week Claude limited Code access to their higher plans. Ooooohhhh I feel the circle tightening.

[–] mrmacduggan@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 weeks ago

It feels like the enshittification cycle is so fast these days. There's not even any time to get comfy as a frog in the pot before they turn up the gas! 🐸

[–] chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

If you're not using local models these companies have got you by the balls

[–] baguettefish@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

if you're using AI to code AI may have you by the balls anyway

[–] resipsaloquitur@lemmy.cafe 2 points 3 weeks ago

But don’t you want to pay to use the development tools you already own? Then not understand how the result works?