“Until now, most developers had to pay a monthly fee, starting at $10 per month, with only verified students, teachers, and open source maintainers getting free access.”
Free Copilot caps you at 2,000 completions and 50 chat messages a month. Every suggestion counts against the cap, including the ones you reject. It now ships by default in VS Code, so the meter starts the moment you type. Free is the sample. The $10 a month is the product.