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Re: Copilot edited an ad into my PR

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Post by tyleo »

mathieudutour wrote: post #228
plastic041 wrote: post #118

This "ad" is not exactly new. Looks like MS thinks it's a "tip" rather than an ad. I don't know if Raycast team even knows about this. https://github.com/PlagueHO/plagueho.github.io/pull/24#issue... Copilot has been adding "(emoji) (tip)" thing since May 2025. GitHub copilot was released in May 2025, so basically it has had an ad since beginning. There are 1.5m of these things in GitHub. https://github.com/search?q=%…

> I don't know if Raycast team even knows about this. I'm part of Raycast, we didn't know about it, learnt about it here

I haven’t clicked through so all I know about Raycast is, “that’s the company that gets shoved into ads by copilot.”

Sounds like it’s not your fault but it’s probably doing some brand damage :/

Re: Copilot edited an ad into my PR

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Post by tyleo »

timrogers wrote: post #250

Tim from the Copilot coding agent team here. We've now disabled these tips in pull requests created by or touched by Copilot, so you won't see this happen again for future PRs. We've been including product tips in PRs created by Copilot coding agent. The goal was to help developers learn new ways to use the agent in their workflow. But hearing the feedback here, and on reflection, this was the wrong judgement call. W…

I’m curious how the decision to include ads like this was made. Is that something you can share?

Re: Copilot edited an ad into my PR

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Post by criddell »

thombles wrote: post #131
mavamaarten wrote: post #103

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I doubt it. I noticed a few of these comments too on our PR's. We did ask copilot for a review ton GitHub (we just add copilot as a reviewer) but not through Raycast.

Oof. Why can’t it just do its one job? My interest level in trying these agents has gone from lukewarm to zero.

It is doing its one job.

Re: Copilot edited an ad into my PR

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Post by jarek83 »

mathieudutour wrote: post #228
plastic041 wrote: post #118

This "ad" is not exactly new. Looks like MS thinks it's a "tip" rather than an ad. I don't know if Raycast team even knows about this. https://github.com/PlagueHO/plagueho.github.io/pull/24#issue... Copilot has been adding "(emoji) (tip)" thing since May 2025. GitHub copilot was released in May 2025, so basically it has had an ad since beginning. There are 1.5m of these things in GitHub. https://github.com/search?q=%…

> I don't know if Raycast team even knows about this. I'm part of Raycast, we didn't know about it, learnt about it here

Maybe check if you are charged for it

Re: Copilot edited an ad into my PR

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Post by poszlem »

timrogers wrote: post #250

Tim from the Copilot coding agent team here. We've now disabled these tips in pull requests created by or touched by Copilot, so you won't see this happen again for future PRs. We've been including product tips in PRs created by Copilot coding agent. The goal was to help developers learn new ways to use the agent in their workflow. But hearing the feedback here, and on reflection, this was the wrong judgement call. W…

Shockingly poor judgment.

Re: Copilot edited an ad into my PR

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Post by QuadmasterXLII »

timrogers wrote: post #250

Tim from the Copilot coding agent team here. We've now disabled these tips in pull requests created by or touched by Copilot, so you won't see this happen again for future PRs. We've been including product tips in PRs created by Copilot coding agent. The goal was to help developers learn new ways to use the agent in their workflow. But hearing the feedback here, and on reflection, this was the wrong judgement call. W…

“We won’t do something like this again”

A verifiable claim! I put it at 75% you totally will, but if any manifolders think I’m full of it it should converge to something less cynical

https://manifold.markets/HastingsGreer/will-microsoft-copilo...

Re: Copilot edited an ad into my PR

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Post by itomato »

timrogers wrote: post #250

Tim from the Copilot coding agent team here. We've now disabled these tips in pull requests created by or touched by Copilot, so you won't see this happen again for future PRs. We've been including product tips in PRs created by Copilot coding agent. The goal was to help developers learn new ways to use the agent in their workflow. But hearing the feedback here, and on reflection, this was the wrong judgement call. W…

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Re: Copilot edited an ad into my PR

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Post by bonoboTP »

rubyfan wrote: post #206
plastic041 wrote: post #118

This "ad" is not exactly new. Looks like MS thinks it's a "tip" rather than an ad. I don't know if Raycast team even knows about this. https://github.com/PlagueHO/plagueho.github.io/pull/24#issue... Copilot has been adding "(emoji) (tip)" thing since May 2025. GitHub copilot was released in May 2025, so basically it has had an ad since beginning. There are 1.5m of these things in GitHub. https://github.com/search?q=%…

It’s like how Disney Plus “ad free” tier shows you ads for Hulu and Disney Perks. They probably redefine “ad” in their terms of service so their own ads are called something else.

Yeah it's just helpful tips and suggestions. It's a feature, you see!
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