First, you don’t need to pay if you don’t want to. No one is forcing you.

Second, I’ve been using the technical preview, and it’s awesome. The way it sometimes knows what I want to code and just dumps the code where I can edit it (not blindly use it), is amazing.

When registering for it, I had the option to tick a box and include my code in Copilot suggestions. I have both public and private repos in GitHub, both personal and organization accounts. I am perfectly happy to let Copilot get code from my repos, as I am not storing anything private, passwords, API keys, account and so on.

That being said, I might not go ahead and pay from August 2022 (it’s free until then). I had my fun. It’s time to move on.