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No it isn't. Most people don't use Copilot, so this term change won't effect most people. You can reasonably be unhappy about it anyways (or unreasonably still
by tptacek 8mo ago
No it isn't. Most people don't use Copilot, so this term change won't effect most people. You can reasonably be unhappy about it anyways (or unreasonably still be using Copilot in 2026), but it's still ultra-useful information for them to add to the discussion.
- pistoriusp 8mo agoI don't use copilot, but somehow was subscribed... I probably clicked something long ago and it just remained active.
- tptacek 8mo agoThey're only training on interactions with Copilot, not with the full contents of repos that happen to be subscribed to Copilot.
- input_sh 8mo agoThey "gift you" a free standard plan if you have above a certain (non-transparent) level of stars, I don't think you can even disable your "subscription" if you get it for free.
- millisecond 8mo agoNext step they'll rebrand search as "Copilot Search" or auto enable pull-request AI reviews (unless you hear about it and turn each off) and we'll all be "users". Boiling the frog with a Venn diagram.
- kelvinjps10 8mo agoIt's automatically enabled for example the other day I did a commit directly on GitHub and AI generated commit popup it had to read the code to work
- themafia 8mo ago> Most people don't use Copilot So why do any of this at all? You're putting a large part of your customer base on edge in order to improve a service that "most people don't use." The erosion of trust this brings doesn't seem like a worthwhile or prudent sacrifice.
- tptacek 8mo agoYou're asking me to explain Microsoft AI strategy? Your guess is as good as mine.
- srik 8mo agoMake it opt-in then.
- _pdp_ 8mo agoCopilot, or "chat with Copilot" is a button that is available on every page right next to the search bar. I don't have to be a Copilot user to click on it. This change is malicious, and it doesn't only affect Copilot users. It affects everyone on the platform!
- akerl_ 8mo agoAgain, this collects usage data. If you click the button by accident and don’t interact, they get no data.
- _pdp_ 8mo agoSo? This feature is available to everyone and you have zero idea how many people actually use it. If I go to one of your GPL projects and I ask a simple question to find out what this project is about, you will be perfectly "ok" that this interaction (that includes most of the code that is required to answer my dumb the question) will be used for training? This is not ok.
- tptacek 8mo agoNobody in this subthread is saying if it's OK or not. We're just saying that it's very useful to know that this is what they're specifically collecting. Jiminy.