https://www.tiktok.com/@duolingo/video/7506578962697456939?lang=en
So they’re trying to pivot from “we are firing all our translators and turing our app into AI slop” to "we’re anti establishment and anti CEO?
Which C-Suite came up with this shit?
I’ll never use this garbage app now.
I mean Duolingo has been riding the “questionable or insane marketing” wave for years. It’s hard to say if this is just them taking that a bit to far or if they really are of their rocker this time. I mean their ceo has generally seemed fairly based in the past as far as tech CEO’s go.
I have 5 person annual plan which is still useful if you’re not limited to English – e.g. French is a bad match there. But I will be checking out Mango for sure.
Or babel. Anything but Duolingo at this point seems like the best bet
Babbel is working ok for me for learning French.
Just lessons without all the hearts and ads and crap
Just uninstall and stop engaging with Duolingo marketing.
Sometimes, the best way to make noise is to disappear first.
Great advice! I’ll do just that. Uninstalled.
The TikTok post has been up for days by now. If this was truly a disgruntled employee posting against the company, it would have been taken down by down despite the passwords being changed. This is a corpo post.
That reminds me, I should start practicing German on Babbel (not sponsored, but open to sponsorships :P ) https://www.babbel.com/mobile
Going to take this opportunity to ask if anyone knows about a good alternative?
I’ve downloaded, but haven’t tried it yet, but hear good things about Mango Languages Learning.
I enjoy Mango a lot more than Duolingo. I didn’t like Duolingo’s rote memorization of phrases. Mango adds structure and explanation, so you build and compose.
Also, worth mentioning that you might get free access to Mango through your public library.
Fucking click bait title
Yeah I’m dropping my super subscription and my usage of the app. Fuck AI, and fuck the companies using it to deepen the enshitification of tech.
Is Elon consulting for them?
And so the A.I. larp begins.
Just randos larping as AI mainframe or whatever.
