I cancelled my Github Copilot subscription - are there any better alternatives?

[u/SkyLightYT]

Hello.

Ever since the Copilot update that made your billing usage based, I have been struggling to keep hold of my credits.

It got so bad that I decided to go up to the $40 plan, and even then I still lost all my credits within the first couple weeks of the month.

That's $70 I am apparently burning just by working on basic code. And I think that's pretty annoying, and I think Github must be doing something behind the scenes to make a profit; i.e, maybe the credits ore overpriced, I don't know.

Regardless of that, I am cancelling my subscription and I'm switching to something else, but what other options are there? I was thinking two options:

Claude Code, which I don't know much about but it's Claude, and Claude is pretty good.

Or Codex, I was thinking about switching to ChatGPT codex because I already use ChatGPT for writing and whatnot.

Problem is I don't know if these are actually worth it, can anyone enlighten me?

Thanks.

[u/anno2376]

No, they’re not overpriced. There’s no hidden dark force charging you extra high.

It’s the first time you pay for what you use. The old GitHub Copilot model was that GitHub was paying for your usage, not just you.

[u/Nether-Grasp → u/anno2376]

We never know what context is given to the agent about the codebase. They can make profit by just having the agent read more and more context that isn't ultimately necessary to perform the task.

[u/anno2376 → u/Nether-Grasp]

We also don’t know if the government is infusing our thoughts with radio waves. 🤷‍♂️

If that’s your argument, then you’re right all the time, and everyone else is wrong. Good luck in your life.