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Duolingo really is speedrunning dystopia rn.

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[–] Balaquina@lemmy.ca 107 points 2 days ago (12 children)

I had a streak of over 1200 days, and after years of reduction in quality and them constantly making the ad based version harder and harder to use, I finally left. AI was the last straw.

I have my eyes on Lingonaut, an app still in beta, and being created by volunteers for free to recreate the early days of Duolingo.

[–] bluGill@fedia.io 6 points 2 days ago (3 children)

In my opinion duolingo type apps should never beeused more than about 90 days. Those first few months when you know nothing they are a good way to get something but as time goes on your time is better spent in native content.

[–] Balaquina@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 days ago

I think it depends on your learning style. Duolingo was fantastic for me and taught me enough that for the first time in my life I was able to dip my toe in native content and actually understand what was going on.

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