‘Goodbye, Copilot’: Microsoft faces backlash as Github Copilot ends flat-rate AI pricing from June 1

Microsoft is set to make a big change to GitHub Copilot’s pricing structure from tomorrow, i.e. 1 June, and developers are openly voicing their frustration about the change, with some even threatening to switch to alternatives.

Before we talk about what developers and coders are saying, let’s first understand why Microsoft is at the receiving end of this backlash in the first place.