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Duolingo really is speedrunning dystopia rn.

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[–] ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Do you know of any good options similar to Duolingo?

I've been pissed off with that platform for a couple of years now. They keep changing the structure of lessons and learning paths. I think they've been trying to make learning more based on quick rewards at the expensive of context, which I don't like.

I took a look around for similar apps a coding of years ago, and they all seemed to be one of: a) paid, b) rifled with ads; c) have crappy/buggy UIs. I realize the ads can usually be motivated with a DNS server, but the fact they showed do many ads is kind of a red flag in general. But I know FOSS options have really taken off in the last year or so, so I'm hoping a new, good, free platform has stepped up to tackle Duolingo and the like.

[–] mosiacmango@lemm.ee 7 points 2 days ago

Mango languages is nice, and lots of library systems have licenses so you can unlock the premium features with your library card.