On June 1, GitHub switched Copilot to token-based billing. Developers who paid a flat $29 or $39 per month are now seeing bills hit $750, $1,500, even $3,000 for heavy agentic workloads.

This is what happens when you price AI by the token: usage explodes, costs explode faster.

Heavy users got hit first. Agentic workflows, repository-wide analysis, complex code reviews-each interaction consumes tokens, and tokens cost money. The math is brutal for anyone pushing the system hard.

But here’s the real story: it’s forcing the question nobody wants to ask. At what price does AI tooling stop being a tool and become a luxury? For indie developers and small teams, this might be it.

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Sources:
GitHub Blog: Copilot moving to usage-based billing
TechCrunch: GitHub Copilot’s token-based billing backlash
DEV Community: Copilot token billing cost guide

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