GitHub Copilot Price Hike Developers Outraged! V2
What used to be $50 a month is now $3,000 — overnight. Microsoft just moved GitHub Copilot to token-based billing, and devs are split between calling it a "rug pull" and admitting someone always had to pay the bill.
Here's the part that should worry every engineering leader: most can't tell you what percentage of their AI-generated code actually ships, or where the tokens went.
When the meter is running on every prompt, "it feels productive" isn't good enough — you need to know that bug cost you $2,700 in tokens to fix.
Harness AI DLC Insights (AIDI) connects AI spend to engineering outcomes, so you can see which prompts ship, which agents deliver, and what every token is actually buying you.
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📰 Inspired by this: 'What a joke': GitHub Copilot's new token-based billing spurs consternation among devs (TechCrunch) https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/30/what-a-joke-github-copilots-new-token-based-billing-spurs-consternation-among-devs/
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