内容来源：https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/30/what-a-joke-github-copilots-new-token-based-billing-spurs-consternation-among-devs/

内容总结：

微软GitHub Copilot收费模式大调整：从包月变“按量计费”，小型开发者直呼用不起

微软旗下AI编程助手GitHub Copilot的“黄金时代”似乎即将落幕——至少对普通开发者和小型企业而言如此。该公司将从6月1日起，把原有的固定订阅费模式改为基于令牌（token）消耗量的计费系统，这意味着用户可能需要支付远高于此前的费用。大型企业或许还能承受，但小型公司和个人开发者恐怕将面临预算失衡的难题。

新规实施后，用户将不再是按请求次数支付较低的统一费率，而是根据实际工作中消耗的令牌数量付费。这一转变让不少开发者“钱包受伤”，纷纷在Reddit和X等社交平台吐槽费用暴涨。

一位Reddit用户写道：“真是笑话。”他声称自己目前每月仅支付约29美元，但按新费率计算，费用将飙升至近750美元。“这种新用法模型贵得离谱。我决定取消订阅——这个价格下，它既没有性价比，也没有任何实用价值。”

另一名用户则晒出截图，显示其费用从约50美元暴涨至约3000美元，并感叹：“天哪，没想到新定价会这么荒谬。”

尽管涨幅惊人，但也有一些Copilot用户对这些批评提出反驳，认为如果真的懂编程，根本不会经常消耗这么多令牌。批评者指出，那些花费高昂的用户，大多是缺乏实际开发经验的“氛围编程者”（vibe-coders）。

“我们有些人整天工作，超额使用都很少，而他们却晒出这种截图……我很难相信是工作复杂度的差异。”一位用户写道，“唯一能出现这种疯狂消耗的情况，就是纯粹搞‘氛围编程’，不断生成大量低效迭代。”他还补充道：“如果把它当作一个工具来用，即使在小型团队中，使用成本也还算合理——无论选择哪个提供商。”

与此同时，也有网友聚焦于微软此前定价模式背后令人费解的经济逻辑：“我了个去，Copilot之前到底亏了多少钱？”一位Reddit用户问道。

这确实是个好问题。Copilot的经济模型从来都不容易说清，而微软为了补贴用户无止境的“氛围编程”行为，究竟投入了多少资金，也同样是个未知数。

在一片争议声中，还有声音指出，开发者完全有理由愤怒——因为微软曾鼓励用户随意使用其聊天机器人，如今却突然“撤掉了地毯”。一位用户写道：“那些指责真正按照微软设计方式（甚至是被鼓励的方式）使用系统的人——说实话，唯一有错的就是微软。微软提供了这种计费方式，还不断让用户更容易在单个高级请求中消耗海量令牌，这些请求可能持续数小时甚至数天，并生成几十甚至上百个子代理。”

截至发稿时，科技媒体TechCrunch已联系微软寻求评论，但尚未收到回复。

中文翻译：

微软GitHub Copilot的黄金时代似乎已接近尾声——至少对普通用户而言是如此。该公司正将计费体系从固定订阅费转为代币使用量计费模式，这可能使用户承担显著更高的费用。大型企业或许仍能承受，但小型公司和独立开发者恐怕要开始为月度预算平衡发愁了。
这些调整将于6月1日生效，意味着用户将根据工作时消耗的代币数量付费，而非此前基于请求次数的低价固定费率。
部分面临财务冲击的开发者已在Reddit和X等社交平台哀叹——在许多案例中——成本出现了急剧攀升。
“简直荒唐，”一位Reddit用户最近写道，声称自己目前月费仅约29美元，但新费率将使月费暴涨至近750美元。“这种新计费模式贵得离谱。我的应对方式就是取消订阅。这个价位下，它既不经济实惠，也不具备任何实用价值。”
另一名用户发帖称“天哪，没想到新定价模式会这么离谱”，并附上截图显示其成本已从约50美元飙升至约3000美元。
这些涨幅听起来确实极端。不过，部分Copilot用户对此类批评进行了反驳——指出只要操作得当，根本不可能日常消耗这么多代币。这些批评者坚称，超额消费的其实是那些缺乏真实开发经验的“氛围编码者”。
“我们有些人整天工作都几乎不会超额，而你们晒出的截图差距如此巨大。我实在难以相信这只是工作负载复杂度不同造成的，”一位用户写道。“只有纯粹进行‘氛围编码’、充斥大量冗余迭代时才会出现这种疯狂消耗，”他随后补充道，“对任何供应商来说，只要把它当成工具合理使用，即使小团队也完全负担得起。”
另一些人则将焦点对准微软此前定价模式背后令人瞠目的经济逻辑。“天呐，Copilot之前到底亏了多少钱，”一位Reddit用户在近期发帖中问道。
这是个好问题。
Copilot背后的经济逻辑似乎从未那么容易理解，而微软为补贴用户群体持续进行“氛围编码”狂欢所投入的金额同样神秘难测，始终未向公众披露。
尽管有人批评此次调整，也有人反驳这些批评，但网络上的其他声音认为，鉴于微软曾鼓励用户不加区分地使用其聊天机器人，如今却突然釜底抽薪，开发者完全有理由感到愤慨。
“那些责备……真正按照微软设计（甚至被鼓励使用）方式使用系统的人，说实话，唯一该被指责的是微软。微软推出这种计费方式，还不断降低单次高级请求消耗海量代币的门槛——这些请求可能持续数小时甚至数天，同时催生数十甚至数百个子进程，”一位用户写道。
TechCrunch联系了微软寻求置评，但截至发稿时尚未收到回复。

英文来源：

The golden age of Microsoft’s Github Copilot appears to be at an end — for the little guy, at least. The company is switching its billing system from a flat subscription rate to a token-usage system that has the potential to bill users at a significantly higher rate. Bigger enterprises may still have the juice for it, but smaller companies and workers could find themselves wondering how they’re supposed to balance the monthly budget.
The changes, which will take place June 1, mean that users will charged based on how many tokens they burn through as they work instead of a low flat rate based on requests.
Some developers with financial whiplash have taken to places like Reddit and X to bemoan what — in many cases — appears to be a drastic escalation in cost.
“What a joke,” one Redditor recently wrote, claiming that, while they currently only pay around $29 per month, the new rate will balloon their costs to nearly $750 a month. “This new usage model is just stupidly expensive. I’m adjusting mine by cancelling. At that cost, it is no longer cost-effective or useful in any practical way.”
Another user posted “WOW, didn’t expect new pricing model to be this ridiculous,” sharing a screenshot that appeared to show that their costs had shot up from around $50 to some $3,000.
The increases sound extreme. However, some Copilot users have bitten back at this criticism — noting that, if you know what you’re doing, you really shouldn’t be blowing through quite so many tokens on a regular basis. The people spending this much are vibe-coders with little actual development knowledge, those critics maintain.
“The vast difference between some of us working all day and still barely having overage and then these screenshots. I struggle to believe it’s complexity differences in the workload,” wrote one user. “The only way it gets crazy like that is if you are purely ‘vibe coding’ with a ton of bloated iterations,” they later added. “It’s pretty affordable for even small outfits if used as a tool, on pretty much any provider.”
Others have focused on the mind-boggling economics behind the company’s previous model. “Holy fuck how much money was copilot losing,” one Redditor asked in a recent post.
It’s a good question.
The economics behind Copilot have not always seemed so easy to grasp, and the amount that the company must have spent to subsidize the ongoing vibe-coding escapades of its user base is similarly mysterious and hidden from public view.
While some have criticized the changes and others have critiqued those critiques, still other online voices have argued that developers have a perfectly good reason to be upset, given that Microsoft encouraged users to use its chatbot indiscriminately and now appear to be pulling the rug out from under them.
“To all the people blaming…the people who actually used the system the way that Microsoft built it (and even encouraged it to be used this way), honestly the only one at fault here is Microsoft. Microsoft provided this billing method and they kept making it easier and easier to burn through massive numbers of tokens on single premium requests that could churn for hours or even days while spawning dozens or even hundreds of sub-agents,” one user wrote.
TechCrunch reached out to Microsoft for comment, but did not hear back by publication time.