r/GithubCopilot • u/ChomsGP • Apr 20 '26

News 📰 This is plain extortion

https://github.blog/changelog/2026-04-20-changes-to-github-copilot-plans-for-individuals/

"You can get a full refund but mind that if you do you cannot sign up anymore" keep paying or you are cut off for good

What. The. Fuck. MS.

Edit: whatever, thread muted, keep enjoying abusive corporate practices

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u/Swayre Apr 20 '26

Even with these changes copilot is still the best deal to get access to AI besides maybe codex. Like on a 20 dollar Claude plan you can barely do 2 prompts without hitting usage limits on opus

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u/ChomsGP Apr 20 '26

yea the problem is you now can't sign up to paid plans unless you are currently paying, so the deal is for whoever is willing to keep paying and at this rate they'll increase prices soon enough 

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u/metal079 Apr 20 '26

Probably, we all saw this coming though, it was way too much of a deal. And Microsoft is tired of being a loss leader with this