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This week Duolingo pissed me off to the point I canceled my subscription.
That "Explain My Mistake" button will ask for more money than I'm already paying them. An education app says I need to pay more than I'm already paying so they can teach me? With AI?!? What a scam.
It's so frustrating how every subscription service will do this.
They'll provide some good value for a while. Then after a decent number of people are hooked, it's upsell upsell upsell. Props for cancelling and not just being OK with that!
What are you learning with instead now?
I've paid by the year so I have until next April to find something. Maybe Babbel? I don't know yet.
I really like that they, and some of the other big paid ones, offer lifetime. I haven't tried it, but I'm at least curious.
Looks like you're learning Japanese, so rest assured there are a ton of resources out there to choose from. Sometimes the hard part is narrowing it down.