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as a longtime telecom beat reporter I spent years tracking how telecom monopolies dominated markets then nickeled and dimed users with predatory usage surcharges so it's wild to see a market that isn't even established or profitable yet jump right to the fee enshittification

arstechnica.comAI costs how much? GitHub Copilot users react to new usage-based pricing system.Some report burning through their whole monthly "AI credit" allotment in a single day.

That's Montgomery Clift, Honey

@magatzapper.bsky.social

"You can connect to our service but it's going to cost you." Later: "Oh, you want to USE the service? That's going to cost you."

"oh you're trying to take all your data and established workflow to an open source or Chinese on device alternative? Have some very bad news for you"

3/6/26, 4:12 pm0 reposts6 likes

That's Montgomery Clift, Honey

@magatzapper.bsky.social

Rapacious capitalism can never backfire.