If you scroll down to "Allow GitHub to use my data for AI model training" in GitHub settings, you can enable or disable it. However, what really gets me is how they pitch it like it’s some kind of user-facing feature:

Enabled = You will have access to the feature

Disabled = You won't have access to the feature

As if handing over your data for free is a perk. Kinda hilarious.

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data-ottawa an hour ago | parent | next [-]

It’s not so bad, there’s no double negative and it’s not a confusing “switch” that is always ambiguous as to whether it’s enabled or not.

In contrast when you create a a GCS bucket it uses a checkmark for enabling “public access prevention”. Who designed that modal? It takes me a solid minute to figure out if I’m publishing private data or not.

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a1o 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I went to check on this and I have everything copilot related disabled and in the two bars that measure usage my Copilot Chat usage was somehow in 2%, how is this possible?

Before anyone comes to me to sell me on AI, this is on my personal account, I have and use it in my business account (but it is a completely different user account), I just make it a point to not use it in my personal time so I can keep my skills sharp.

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hakunin 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Does Github count it as copilot chat usage when you use AI search form on their website, I wonder?

	▲	a1o an hour ago \| parent [-]
		I wonder if that’s it! I occasionally do some code search on GitHub and then remember it doesn’t work well and go back to searching in the IDE. I usually need to look into not the main branch because I do a lot of projects that have a develop branch where things actually happen. But that would explain so I guess this is it.

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saratogacx 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

If you're taking about the quota bar. That is only measuring your premium request usage (models with a #.#x multiplier next to the name). If you only use the free models and code completion you won't actually consume any "usage". If you use AI code review that consumes a single request (now). Same with the Github Copilot web chat, if you use a free model, it doesn't count, if you use a premium model you get charged the usage cost.

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Rapzid 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Is that not some stock feature-flag verbiage?

	▲	bigiain an hour ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Stock dark pattern verbiage... I'm a little surprised the options aren't "Enable" and "Ask me later".
	▲	NewJazz an hour ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		But it isn't a feature, so using a feature flag is a bit weird.

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petcat 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I guess the "perk" is that maybe their models get retrained on your data making them slightly more useful to you (and everyone else) in the future? idk

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mirekrusin 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

The feature is that your coding style will be in next models!

	▲	rzmmm 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I wish my GPL license would transit along with my code.

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martin-t 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

A few days ago, I unchecked it, only to see it checked again when I reloaded the page.

It could be incompetence but it shouldn't matter. This level of incompetence should be punished equally to malice.

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7bit 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

It's worded that way to create FOMO in the hopes people keep it enabled.

Dark pattern and dick move.