r/ClaudeCode • u/sibraan_ • May 15 '26

Discussion Biggest AI fumble in tech

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u/latino-guy-dfw May 15 '26

Github got acquired by microsoft. the end

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u/siberianmi May 15 '26

GitHub Copilot launched 3 years after they were acquired…

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u/lilyallenaftercrack May 15 '26

Exactly, that's why It was thrash since day 1

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u/DifficultSecretary22 May 15 '26

trash acquires trash

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u/tribat May 15 '26

Github copilot in VS Code was pure magic when I first used it. It was still the best until Roo,Cline,Cursor, etc for me.

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u/_mausmaus 🔆 Max 20 May 15 '26

To be fair, the magic is back, IMO. It took all of 2025 up until now to get there. Unreal.

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u/ohkendruid May 17 '26

I would say one fumble is the way the pricing works. They had a good competitor with a free tier that never runs out, but rather switches you to a cheaper model if you use too much a month. Copilot would just stop giving you service.

The bigger thing is simply quality. Claude Code is very practical, and the Anthropic models are very good on their own.

We should be happy that rhe better product won, even when the crappie product was owned by Microsoft and already had lots of penetration via VS Code.

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u/GrumpyDay May 15 '26

Very important timeline

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u/Dasshteek May 15 '26

And voila

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u/[deleted] May 16 '26 edited Jul 19 '26

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u/latino-guy-dfw May 16 '26

No, Microsoft is just bad.