GITHUB COPILOT'S TOKEN BILLING SPARKS DEVELOPER BACKLASH
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GitHub Copilot is ditching flat-rate pricing for token-based billing on June 1, prompting widespread complaints from developers over skyrocketing costs. Some users report exhausting their monthly AI credit allocation in a single day.
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