Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻💻🧬#GitHub backs down, kills #GirhubCopilot #PR ‘tips’ after backlash
Following backlash from developers, GitHub has removed #Copilot's ability to stick #ads - what it calls "tips" - into any #pullrequest that invokes its name.
GitHub VP of developer relations Martin Woodward explained in a post on X later on Monday that Copilot inserting ads into PRs isn't actually new behavior - it's been doing so in the ones it creates for a while.
https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/30/github_copilot_ads_pull_requests/
Following backlash from developers, GitHub has removed #Copilot's ability to stick #ads - what it calls "tips" - into any #pullrequest that invokes its name.
GitHub VP of developer relations Martin Woodward explained in a post on X later on Monday that Copilot inserting ads into PRs isn't actually new behavior - it's been doing so in the ones it creates for a while.
https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/30/github_copilot_ads_pull_requests/
