whats the point just say, copilot isnt available to students or free users anymore.

what an insult to every student

cant even use copilot to generate a commit message thanks to this lol, might as well remove the button for it

Honestly at this point, just remove Free and Student because this change means they go from mostly useless to completely useless. Like, what is the point offering this when it's unusable? What can students actually learn with it?

i don't know.. i'm getting plenty done still with github copilot free.. i think forcing auto on us is a strict downgrade.. but i guess i can't complain. Auto still usually takes me to raptor so it's fine.. though i was really loving the MAI model

Hey Copilot,

What is it called when a company maliciously downgrades the features and services for a tier of users?

• "Benefit clawback" — they gave something, then quietly took it back
• "Tiered enshittification" — degrading a free tier to push toward paid
• "Bait-and-switch" — students enrolled expecting Pro, got a lesser plan

GitHub's own framing was "adjustments to ensure sustainable, long-term access" — which is the standard corporate euphemism for a feature cut.

Spot on Copilot!

Was using Copilot Student to generate commit messages on Zed, so now my student subscription is only good for text completion, and even that might disappear. I guess this was inevitable, thanks Microsoft.

So the Student Pack is now basically “Auto picks for you.” If the main advantage over Free keeps shrinking, what exactly is the value proposition for students now?

I'm not a student, and not on the student plan, but I gotta say that this was one of the most insulting, demeaning, shit-in-your-face announcements I've ever seen. Not all students are idiots, and even an idiot would see through the bullshit. "Here's a downgrade, because the system can decide better than you, you don't need the extra options, enjoy and your welcome."

Here's an idea: humans prefer honesty, so maybe just be honest that your poor business decisions coupled with the outrageous costs now associated with your sliced bread have you in a position where it's no longer viable, and you have to make these changes. People will be upset, but at least they won't despise you.

This means the free version and student version can only choose the auto model, so what's the difference compared to getting rid of these two free plans?

just remove the copilot from free and student plans at this point.

its literally just a bad pr for you.

I'm not mad because of the downgrade, I saw that coming. I'm mad because you're blatantly lying and claiming that Auto is the best and thus we can remove your choice to pick a model. This is a business decision so you can use the cheaper less intelligent models.

I understand that using the model comes at a cost to you, and Copilot for students is free. But having the freedom of choice taken away, and being lied to about the real reason, is just insulting.

GitHub Copilot sparked my interest in programming. Thank you so much.
Given that AI computing resources are limited, I think this change is understandable. It was simply too amazing to be offered for free.

Worst Message that I Received

First of all, I’d like to thank GitHub for providing free AI access to students.

However, I am consistently frustrated by being automatically routed to lower-tier models during complex tasks. Continuous low-quality outputs don't save resources—they just waste our time. I would much prefer a limited number of high-quality interactions with the advanced model over endless, unproductive retries with a downgraded one.

To be honest, this constant downgrading has eroded my trust, making me hesitate to upgrade to Github Copilot Pro. I sincerely hope you’ll consider giving users more control over model selection.

If you're using the GitHub Student Developer Pack, you'll now be limited to Auto model selection inside GitHub Copilot Chat instead of selecting a specific model yourself.

Thank you for igniting my first interest in programming and giving me my first chance to experience full vibe coding process. But now, I think it's time to deprecate this almost useless copilot. Say goodbye.