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GitHub Copilot Pro's agentic coding proves costly for users

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A user shared their experience using GitHub Copilot Pro for a personal coding project, noting the high cost associated with agentic coding due to rate limiting. They observed that the service defaults to smaller models when credits are exhausted, which they found acceptable despite occasional inaccuracies. The user speculated that the company might be incurring significant financial losses with this pricing model. AI

IMPACT Highlights potential cost barriers for individual developers using advanced AI coding assistants.

RANK_REASON User commentary on a product's pricing and performance.

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GitHub Copilot Pro's agentic coding proves costly for users

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  1. Mastodon — sigmoid.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    I've been working on a vibecoded project in my spare time with Github Copilot Pro (student account). Crazy how expensive agentic coding is, because the amount o

    I've been working on a vibecoded project in my spare time with Github Copilot Pro (student account). Crazy how expensive agentic coding is, because the amount of rate limiting is crazy. I'm sure they're loosing sooo much money right now, but I guess it's kinda ok? I've been glidi…

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