‘What a joke’: Github Copilot’s new token-based billing spurs consternation among devs
THE SO WHAT
Usage-based pricing for AI coding tools is the real margin story—Copilot just told every dev shop that 'infinite autocomplete' now has a meter. If you're building on top of someone else's LLM, assume your own customers will demand the same granularity and transparency or churn to open alternatives.
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