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Duolingo Sucks, Now What?: A Guide

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Duolingo Sucks, Now What?: A Guide

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Now that the quality of Duolingo has fallen (even more) due to AI and people are more willing to make the jump here are just some alternative apps and what languages they have: "I just want an...
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    Duolingo is valued at over a billion dollars by investors. The path is bad for some disabled people, and the reason they can’t maintain both systems simultaneously is that their code is poorly architectured and they can’t afford to fix it because of investor pressure. Their venture capital business model isn’t sustainable. https://medium.com/@viridiangrail/duolingo-is-a-dutch-tulip-that-hates-disabled-people-b9c7fa6e98d1

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