As a developer, I couldn't care less that my github was scraped. I also don't care that github made copilot. It's a tool for us. I've been developing for years and copilot has made my life work flow significantly better. Ask the wide developer community, and you'll find very similar results. We just don't care that much that our work patterns may repeat in other code somewhere.

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According to GitHub's own surveys:

• 88% reported being more productive
• >90% reported being faster at their job
• 60-75% of users reported feeling more fulfilled and less frustrated
• 73% reported it helped them "stay in the flow"
• 87% reported it preserved mental effort from repetitive tasks

Source: https://github.blog/2022-09-07-research-quantifying-github-copilots-impact-on-developer-productivity-and-happiness/

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But if you really want to know, just go to some developer subreddit and ask...