TheEvilSkeletonMay 27

Given GitHub's hostile push for AI, I desperately want to move Bottles's code to GNOME GitLab and keep the Codeberg mirror up.

I'm legit so fucking tired of it. It makes it hard for me to develop Bottles without Copilot spams demotivating me. Their hostile push has gotten like Discord where everything is Nitro COPILOT THIS Nitro COPILOT THAT. I'm stuck here playing the opposite of Where's Wally: as in "try not to find any mentions of Copilot".

It's been bothering me so much that it has become more and more difficult to contribute to projects hosted on GitHub. I also get uncomfortable when I contribute to software mirrored to GitHub, which includes GNOME apps.

Show threadPietro di CaprioMay 27

@TheEvilSkeleton Copilot is disabled at org level in Bottles. Both for the "Coding agent" and general "Access". What you see in the issues sidebar is a kind of advertisement suggesting you to try it but is not kicking in if you are not requesting it.

I would like to know more about the sentence «Copilot spams demotivating me», could you make an example of what Copilot does?
I'm honestly interested in understand more.

Show threadJamie May 27

@pietrodc0 @TheEvilSkeleton
You can now ask Copilot to open issues for you on repositories, it doesn't check for duplicates and it tries to write more rather than less about something it doesn't understand.

Better yet, it will look like it was opened by the user, so before you read it, you can't known whether it was written by Copilot or not.

This is just a huge waste of time for developers, and it's just another step Microsoft makes in the enshittification of GitHub.

Show threadPietro di CaprioMay 27
@monster @TheEvilSkeleton you mean in the IDE integrations? I don't see this feature on GitHub 🤔
Show threadOd-Nan KenobiMay 27

@pietrodc0 @monster @TheEvilSkeleton it's a recent change, copilot is now integrated into the issues creator, so people that used to create low-effort, irrelevant or duplicate issues using AI (and had to copy paste before) can now do this directly from github, and are very well invited to do so by the interface

The original announcement of the feature:

https://github.blog/changelog/2025-05-19-creating-issues-with-copilot-on-github-com-is-in-public-preview/

Creating issues with Copilot on github.com is in public preview - GitHub Changelog

Say goodbye to manual, repetitive issue creation. With Copilot, creating issues for bugs, tasks, and feature requests on GitHub is now faster and easier—all without sacrificing quality. What’s new Natural…

The GitHub Blog
Show threadPietro di CaprioMay 27
@odnankenobi @monster @TheEvilSkeleton looks like I didn't receive that update yet, going to check if I can opt-in in the beta features
Show threadPietro di CaprioMay 27

@odnankenobi @monster @TheEvilSkeleton

ah, you have first of all to go in "immersive mode", need an active Copilot license (so not everyone, expecially spammers) have it, then ask to create the issue for you.

In my personal opinion is not a so pushed feature that is encouraging everyone to open bad issues with no fact checking...

Show threadJamie May 27
@pietrodc0 @odnankenobi @TheEvilSkeleton I mean, this just showed up on my account without me having touched anything related to it, so…
Show threadPietro di CaprioMay 27

@monster @odnankenobi @TheEvilSkeleton

basically your complain is that a commercial software shipped an update that contains new features 😅

Show threadJamie May 27
@pietrodc0 @odnankenobi @TheEvilSkeleton No, I don't mind it being there, my concern is with the feature itself, which I know has negative consequences.
Show threadPietro di Caprio

@monster @odnankenobi @TheEvilSkeleton

negative consequences due to what?

I believe the main problem is how people uses the feature, we need to learn how to use this technology. It is super simple to access it tho is super difficult to use it properly.

At current stage the global problem is learning to leverage the presence of AI to generate positive impact.

But that has nothing to do with GitHub providing feature in home page to push their business.

May 27 at 2:38pmWeb
Show threadJamie May 27
@pietrodc0 @odnankenobi @TheEvilSkeleton You're laying out the exact issue this feature brings with it: people don't know how to use it properly. Leading the user to use a feature properly is the job of a project, and GitHub failed here, it's clear that this feature was rolled out without much thought.
Show threadPietro di CaprioMay 27

@monster @odnankenobi @TheEvilSkeleton

I understand what you mean, I can't agree nor disagree.

It's something new that is difficult to ship with prior training as a public commercial software.
We can't pretent GH to train anyone that could go on the platform before shipping the feature.
The world is moving fast, as the business. They must compete in a strong and hard environment where "first" values more that "better".

I'm not standing with GitHub closing my eyes. That must be clear

Show threadJamie May 27

@pietrodc0 @odnankenobi @TheEvilSkeleton

While I definitely agree that this is nothing unique for a product like GitHub, or a company like Microsoft, bad decisions for the users can still be criticized.

As a user of GitHub, you have the freedom to move to another platform if they mess something up, and I think that Copilot's application is just another reason to do so.

Bottles is an open source project, it deserves to be hosted on a platform that shares its values, rather than the company's interests.