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Why is it so hard to believe that someone in your organization accidentally or deliberately clicked the "get copilot" button in their IDE or on any Github surfa

by paxys 2y ago

Why is it so hard to believe that someone in your organization accidentally or deliberately clicked the "get copilot" button in their IDE or on any Github surface? I'm not saying Github is right here (this is an ad after all), but directly accusing them of dishonesty/cheating without even putting in the bare minimum effort to confirm it on your end seems weird. AI-assisted coding has been all the rage in tech circles for a while now, and I'd bet there's at least one person at your company who wants to try it out. Although I guess the purpose of the post was to generate internet outrage, and I have no doubt it will be successful at that.

jmount 2y ago
It is an organization of 6. 4 of which are guests (so would likely not incur a charge without asking, or at least mentioning it). But the theory somebody clicked by accident is pretty good. I think of this more as pushing back a bit and warning others.
- nom 2y ago
  What you encountered here is a dark pattern, but not the way you think it is. They try to upsell a feature, but because it is a B2B SaaS product, the users are not the ones holding the credit card. So, to upsell they have to get through your users to the admin / license owner. They prominently display a shiny feature, sometimes leading the users there through misdirection. Then they call for action: you need to request a bigger license, go ask your admin! And of course, someone thought it is a good idea to add a button, which sends a templated email to the primary address to reach the person with the credit card. This notably does not count as a marketing communication, so they can just send it even without explicit permission given prior. So yeah, someone in your team probably triggered it, likely without knowing because they were misled.

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Why is it so hard to believe that someone in your organization accidentally or deliberately clicked the "get copilot" button in their IDE or on any Github surfa

by paxys 2y ago

jmount 2y ago
It is an organization of 6. 4 of which are guests (so would likely not incur a charge without asking, or at least mentioning it). But the theory somebody clicked by accident is pretty good. I think of this more as pushing back a bit and warning others.
- nom 2y ago
  What you encountered here is a dark pattern, but not the way you think it is. They try to upsell a feature, but because it is a B2B SaaS product, the users are not the ones holding the credit card. So, to upsell they have to get through your users to the admin / license owner. They prominently display a shiny feature, sometimes leading the users there through misdirection. Then they call for action: you need to request a bigger license, go ask your admin! And of course, someone thought it is a good idea to add a button, which sends a templated email to the primary address to reach the person with the credit card. This notably does not count as a marketing communication, so they can just send it even without explicit permission given prior. So yeah, someone in your team probably triggered it, likely without knowing because they were misled.