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"There are thousands of volunteers who donated their labour to Duo... Bit by bit all of our work was hidden from us as Duolingo became a publicly-traded company." (aus.social)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] 144 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Anyone who has a passion for open source and wants to learn Spanish should check out LibreLingo! It's also a nice project for people who want to contribute to something that is not owned by a company, though it's a bit too early for contributors who have language skills but no coding experience.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Any suggestions for other languages? German? Italian?

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

    Unfortunately I don't know of any open source alternative. After another response in this thread I started using busuu.com for French and Italian, and I'm liking it so far. Their business model is pretty transparent, but I find it less annoying than Duolingo so far.

    Viel Glück and buona fortuna with your language learning!

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    I like that's it's more real life, the talking, people, subjects etc. Think I'll use it for a while, because on duolingo I wasn't evolving much anymore in German, this goes further up it seems

    Just as pushy as duolingo unfortunately in ads and mainly in pushing to and rewarding premium.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    Yeah, the adds take up some time, but I still find the overall experience less annoying than I did with Duolingo last time I used it. The push towards human interaction, which Duolingo has actively pushed away from, is also welcome.

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