Copilot Token Pricing — 5 Prompt Tricks to Cut Usage by 60% If you woke up on June 2 and checked your GitHub Copilot usage dashboard, you probably did a double-take. Microsoft flipped the switch on June 1: Copilot now charges by token, not by message. This means: Every word of context you feed it? You pay. Every line of code it reads to understand your request? You pay. Every retry because the first suggestion was wrong? You keep paying. Some developers are reporting bills 2-4x higher than their old flat-rate plan. Uber reportedly burned through 4 months of AI budget in weeks. If billion-dollar companies are scrambling, what about solo devs and small teams? Before you rage-cancel your Copilot subscription, here's the uncomfortable truth: most of your token spend is waste. You're paying for tokens that don't improve your output. And the fix isn't switching tools — it's fixing how you ask.…