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minus-squarekaosof@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·edit-212 hours agoThe dog paid for all the groceries in cash. Fucking trash app being steadily more and more enshittified by “AI” and somehow adding another level of subscription every other month. I’ve been doing Spanish at the same level for over 400 hours. I learned more about Spanish from 30 minutes of language transfer than in nearly 1000 days of Duolingo. It’s a trash app if you want to learn another language.
minus-squaremonogram@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 hours agoDuolingo gains money by keeping you hooked, not by being effective
The dog paid for all the groceries in cash.
Fucking trash app being steadily more and more enshittified by “AI” and somehow adding another level of subscription every other month.
I’ve been doing Spanish at the same level for over 400 hours.
I learned more about Spanish from 30 minutes of language transfer than in nearly 1000 days of Duolingo.
It’s a trash app if you want to learn another language.
Duolingo gains money by keeping you hooked, not by being effective