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GitHub Copilot Billing Shock: Agentic Developers Face 10x-50x Cost Surge as First Token Billing Cycle Closes
The first complete 30-day cycle under GitHub Copilot's new usage-based billing ended June 30, with agentic developers reporting bills 10 to 50 times higher than their old flat-rate plans. Bills jumped from $29 to $750 and from $50 to $3,000 for power users running multi-step autonomous coding sessions.
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