1.5M GitHub pull requests have had ads injected into them by Microsoft Copilot(www.neowin.net)
332 pointsby bundie6 hours ago5 comments
  • john_strinlai5 hours ago
    related: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47570269

    response from timrogers (product manager at github):

    "Tim from the Copilot coding agent team here. We've now disabled these tips in pull requests created by or touched by Copilot, so you won't see this happen again for future PRs.

    We've been including product tips in PRs created by Copilot coding agent. The goal was to help developers learn new ways to use the agent in their workflow. But hearing the feedback here, and on reflection, this was the wrong judgement call. We won't do something like this again."

    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47573233

    • dang3 hours ago
      We've merged the comments thither. Thanks!
  • scuff3d2 hours ago
    Say hello to the future of the programming. It might take a few years, but eventually this will be standard procedure. You'll start seeing them in the interactions you have with the agent, then in comments, then maybe the agent will offer to throw together a nice little demo of something for you free of charge, just to show you your options.
  • mnmnmn3 hours ago
    Microsoft employees should be ashamed of this shit
  • ChrisArchitect5 hours ago
    [dupe] Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47570269
    • tyleo5 hours ago
      It’s a dupe but I hope the discussion continues in this more general thread. That other thread was earlier but more of an individual POV that doesn’t make it obvious there was ecosystem impact.
      • ChrisArchitect4 hours ago
        The article barely expands on the source content. Either way it's the same discussion. And there's lots of it. Over there.
        • iso16314 hours ago
          The original looked like a one-off

          The article shows thousands of adverts, millions if you look more widely. It massively changes the scale.

          • coded_monkey3 hours ago
            Which was pointed out by a HN user in the comments of that post. This article claims they suddenly found out the same thing through research. Sure.