I really like Duolingo’s approach to language learning (even though I know it’s not actually that effective) but considering the privacy nightmare that Duolingo is, plus the continuous enshittificafion of the app, I’d love to use a more privacy friendly and less ad ridden alternative.
Any suggestions would be appreciated :)
Didn’t know that is was a privacy nightmare, would like to know more
It’s all AI now, and apparently terrible at its primary function, from what I have heard
They did seem to go all in on genAI, but I think the claims that they’re ineffective are fairly weak.
Duolingo is a fantastic companion app to additional learning, it provides a great way to build in repetition.
I’m loathe to admit it, but the genAI voice calls actually are pretty good, especially if you don’t have any native speakers to work with. All it really does is force you to come up with the words to use rather than parroting words on the screen, which is what Duolingo has always been missing.