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GitHub just switched Copilot to metered billing, and developers are watching months of credits vanish in a single day (www.techspot.com)
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[โ€“] KeenFlame@feddit.nu -2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

I don't understand how everyone repeats this shit.. as if we have never ever before seen a renewable asset.. no, it's not expensive to run them. It is expensive to give away usage. It is expensive to train. It is expensive to buy hardware. It is very very cheap to run. But hypercapitalism ruins everyone

[โ€“] Auli@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 days ago

So how do they get back the money spent on hardware and training? They also have to update their hardware occasionally. It is expensive to run.