Angry devs vow to flee GitHub Copilot as metered billing takes hold (theregister.com) AI

The Register reports that GitHub Copilot users are threatening to leave after Microsoft introduced usage-based “metered” billing, with some developers claiming they burned through monthly AI credits in hours and saw much higher, hard-to-predict costs. Microsoft says the change reflects Copilot’s more compute-intensive agentic workflows and includes spending limits and usage dashboards, while commenters on forums and Reddit say they plan to switch to alternatives or build workarounds.