Why hackers moved from GitHub Copilot to Cursor
1 hacker described this switch in public comments. Their words, with links to the originals.
What hackers said about the move
“I switched from Copilot to Cursor at the end of 2025, and it was absolute night and day in terms of how the agents behaved.”deanc, 2026-01-07original comment ↗
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GitHub Copilot vs Cursor
| GitHub Copilot | Cursor | |
|---|---|---|
| Hackers who recommend | 3 | 6 |
| Hackers who criticize | 6 | 12 |
| Moved away from it | 5 | 6 |
| Moved to it | 1 | 3 |
Counts are distinct hackers in the sampled comments, not market share.
Criticism of GitHub Copilot
“it likes to use cloud models and burn tokens sometimes”selicos, 2026-09-17original comment ↗
“I was shocked to realize how difficult it has been to have a GitHub CoPilot license on Azure.”sntran, 2026-06-02original comment ↗
“Opus was the reason I paid for GitHub copilot, but they had the pricing model completely wrong.”jeremyjh, 2026-04-23original comment ↗
“I just switched from the $10 Copilot subscription to a $20 Claude subscription to get general AI and coding in one bill.”jareds, 2026-04-21original comment ↗
“But letting it write the actual code was a mistake.”mcv, 2026-01-22original comment ↗
Praise for Cursor
“now I’m finding Cursor is even better for my coding stuff.”andsoitis, 2026-09-20original comment ↗
“In 2023 I moved from VS Code to Cursor.”murlax, 2026-08-01original comment ↗
“Switched from Intellij (various) to Cursor because of AI integration”KingOfCoders, 2026-02-13original comment ↗
“they care a lot about developer experience.”xiphias2, 2026-02-02original comment ↗
“I'm a non-technical founder who built an entire SaaS frontend using v0 and Cursor over the past year.”Soerensen, 2026-02-02original comment ↗