▲ 1149 ▼ "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 Star@sopuli.xyz to c/technology@lemmy.world 239 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] freebee@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 years ago (2 children) Any suggestions for other languages? German? Italian? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] sab@kbin.social 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! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] baltakatei@sopuli.xyz 1 point 2 years ago Duolingo, the dominant player, can simply buy competition like busuu, bypassing the need they'd otherwise have to improve their software. permalink fedilink source parent [–] freebee@sh.itjust.works 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] sab@kbin.social 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. permalink fedilink source parent [–] laughingsquirrel@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 years ago* I like to use Anki with some shared card decks: https://ankiweb.net/shared/decks?search=german The learning pattern that Anki has configured by default suites me quite well and the app and the card deck is highly customizable. Mind you, this is mostly only for learning vocabulary, not for learning grammer. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] sab@kbin.social 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! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] baltakatei@sopuli.xyz 1 point 2 years ago Duolingo, the dominant player, can simply buy competition like busuu, bypassing the need they'd otherwise have to improve their software. permalink fedilink source parent [–] freebee@sh.itjust.works 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] sab@kbin.social 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] baltakatei@sopuli.xyz 1 point 2 years ago Duolingo, the dominant player, can simply buy competition like busuu, bypassing the need they'd otherwise have to improve their software. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] freebee@sh.itjust.works 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] sab@kbin.social 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] sab@kbin.social 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] laughingsquirrel@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 years ago* I like to use Anki with some shared card decks: https://ankiweb.net/shared/decks?search=german The learning pattern that Anki has configured by default suites me quite well and the app and the card deck is highly customizable. Mind you, this is mostly only for learning vocabulary, not for learning grammer. permalink fedilink source parent