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Re:Duolingo Cuts 10% of Contractors as It Uses More AI to Cr... by bugglebeetle on Monday January 08, 2024 @06:06PM (#38919710)
Yeah, I mean it’s almost like they’re incentivized to slow your progress so you stay subscribed every month or something…
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Re:Duolingo Cuts 10% of Contractors as It Uses More AI to Cr... by mynameisash on Monday January 08, 2024 @06:13PM (#38919797)
That's another thing: the 'enshittification' is in full-force with really terrible ads plus the not-bad-but-annoying Super Duolingo ads. I could probably deal with that if the platform was good, but as I mentioned, it's just not providing any education value (to me, at least; YMMV).
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Re:Duolingo Cuts 10% of Contractors as It Uses More AI to Cr... by gs17 on Monday January 08, 2024 @09:40PM (#38921591)
At the same time though, it's really easy to set your account as a classroom account and get most of the paid features.
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