GitHub Copilot's new pricing model went into effect today, and many noted sticker shock with some saying a few hours of AI usage ate big chunks of monthly caps (Kyle Orland/Ars Technica)

<a href="https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/06/ai-costs-how-much-github-copilot-users-react-to-new-usage-based-pricing-system/"><img align="RIGHT" border="0" hspace="4" src="http://www.techmeme.com/260601/i58.jpg" vspace="4" /></a> <p><a href="https://www.techmeme.com/260601/p58#a260601p58" title="Techmeme permalink"><img height="12" src="http://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png" style="border: none; padding: 0; margin: 0;" width="11" /></a> Kyle Orland / <a href="http://arstechnica.com/">Ars Technica</a>:<br /> <span style="font-size: 1.3em;"><b><a href="https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/06/ai-costs-how-much-github-copilot-users-react-to-new-usage-based-pricing-system/">GitHub Copilot's new pricing model went into effect today, and many noted sticker shock with some saying a few hours of AI usage ate big chunks of monthly caps</a></b></span>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; In April, GitHub announced that it was moving subscribers from request-based billing to a usage-based model for its AI-powered Copilot service.</p>