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Re: Changes to GitHub Copilot individual plans

#41
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I cannot understand people still using anthropic models on copilot, when gpt 5.4 is better and 3 to 7 time cheaper. Anthropic quite obviously raised their licensing to the max. You probably can still have a taste of it for a few minutes before being limited on their own subscription.

GPT's output is awful and it gets even more awful when you try to work out a solution "together" because it shits out 10 paragraphs with 20 options instead of focusing and getting things done.

Re: Changes to GitHub Copilot individual plans

#43
Good thing I had just finished migrating all of my workflows to OpenCode for the time being!

It's a shame because the VsCode copilot experience is quite good out of the box compared to all of the other harnesses I've used. But with typical lack of transparency, and sudden, harsh changes... What are they thinking?

After the restrictive rate limiting they've already instituted, I'm simply cancelling and continuing by using providers directly.

Re: Changes to GitHub Copilot individual plans

#44
This is some shit, coming with 0 notice at the start of a work week. My exposure to Claude is only via Copilot which has worked very well for my purposes. I didn't have to learn a ton for it to just start working. I guess I'll look into other options now as I really want to continue using Opus, but don't have a need to 4x my spend on Copilot quite yet.

Re: Changes to GitHub Copilot individual plans

#46
post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> more substantial changes still to come for anyone not grandfathered into a Pro plan The change applies to existing subscriptions, some paid a year in advance.

You can get a refund, from the article: > If you hit unexpected limits or these changes just don’t work for you, you can cancel your Pro or Pro+ subscription and you will not be charged for April usage. Please reach out to GitHub support between April 20 and May 20 for a refund.

>and you will not be charged for April usage

They removed this now without notice but Wayback Machine still has it: https://web.archive.org/web/20260420190656/https://github.bl...

Re: Changes to GitHub Copilot individual plans

#47

I saw some Reddit rumours going around and locked myself into the yearly Pro+ I guess overall probably was a good decision. But 7.5x as well as quota limits is pretty hard to swallow. The annoying thing about the quota limits is they make it really awkward to actually fully utilize the 1500 premium requests you are paying for. Like if you don’t plan working around the daily and weekly quotas you may not actually be a…

Yeah I'm a bit confused by the double quota/rate limit situation

Re: Changes to GitHub Copilot individual plans

#48
It's quite cheap at $10 at 1000 premium requests (1 request is like a plan mode + implementation + tests + commit & push). The only problem is I have already used it all, but was billed on the 3rd day of the month, and have to wait till next month to use it.

Re: Changes to GitHub Copilot individual plans

#49

I cannot describe how disappointing it is to be switching to this insane time limit window based pricing. I absolutely abhor that I'll be subjected to 5 hour chunks of time where I'll be limited at some point in that window of time, and be told I'll have to wait. And then there is a weekly limit. That's not how my creative energy works. I have time that I want to solve problems, and I want to solve them. I don't want…

Agreed. WTF is the point of offering a certain # of messages on each plan tier if you're then rate limited and can't even make full use of them?
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