Copilot Billing Countdown — Your Bill Changes in June

🔴 TRIPLE SHOCK: Three Price Hits on June 1

June 1 isn't just Copilot. Three pricing events converge simultaneously:

1. Copilot token billing starts — flat-rate $10/mo ends forever.
2. DeepSeek V4 Pro promo ends — 75% discount vanishes (cache miss $0.435→full price).
3. Codex promo ends — promotional rates expire.

Three separate billing shocks on a single date. The most concentrated billing disruption in AI tooling history.

📊 Preview Bill: Day 5 of "Early May" — Still Not Live

GitHub promised a preview bill tool "in early May" so users could estimate June 1 costs. It's May 5. The FAQ now quietly says "coming weeks" — the first documented timeline walkback. 27 days until token billing, and users still can't see what they'll pay. gHacks confirmed users were getting 3-8x the value of their subscription. That subsidy disappears in 27 days.

⚠️ What's Changing June 1

Token billing replaces flat-rate. Your $10/mo gets 1,000 "AI Credits" worth $0.01 each = $10 total.

3-8x subsidy removed. gHacks confirmed: "users could typically use between three and eight times the token value covered by their subscription cost." That ends June 1.

No free models. "With the shift to usage-based billing, free models are no longer part of our offering" — every model now costs credits.

Blind pricing (Pattern #185). GitHub has not published per-model token rates. You won't know the cost until you're billed.

Credits don't roll over. Light month? Credits vanish. Heavy month? Buy more at full price.

Annual plans retired. No more locking in a price for the year. You'll be forced to monthly — where usage overages live.

⏳ Your Copilot Bill Is About to Change

📍 Today's Fact

🔴 TRIPLE SHOCK: Three Price Hits on June 1

📊 Preview Bill: Day 5 of "Early May" — Still Not Live

⚠️ What's Changing June 1

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