This week I only did duolingo, I was incredibly busy :(

  • QuantumTickle@lemmy.zip
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    11 days ago

    This week Duolingo pissed me off to the point I canceled my subscription.

    That “Explain My Mistake” button will ask for more money than I’m already paying them. An education app says I need to pay more than I’m already paying so they can teach me? With AI?!? What a scam.

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      10 days ago

      Wtf… I haven’t had this yet. But I’ve also been considering cancelling my subscription because even with a paid subscription some things are just designed to eat up gems and encourage you to buy them…

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      10 days ago

      It’s so frustrating how every subscription service will do this.

      They’ll provide some good value for a while. Then after a decent number of people are hooked, it’s upsell upsell upsell. Props for cancelling and not just being OK with that!

      What are you learning with instead now?

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          10 days ago

          I really like that they, and some of the other big paid ones, offer lifetime. I haven’t tried it, but I’m at least curious.

          Looks like you’re learning Japanese, so rest assured there are a ton of resources out there to choose from. Sometimes the hard part is narrowing it down.