Exclusive: Microsoft To Shift GitHub Copilot Users To Token-Based Billing, Tighten Rate Limits
Ed Zitron's Where's Your Ed At [Unofficial]
April 20, 2026
Executive Summary:
- Internal documents reveal that Microsoft plans to temporarily suspend individual account signups to its GitHub Copilot coding product, as it transitions from requests (single interactions with Copilot) towards token-based billing.
- The documents reveal that the weekly cost of running Github Copilot has doubled since the start
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