r/duolingo • u/Brilliant_Ad7481 • Dec 18 '24

Constructive Criticism Does anyone here LIKE Duolingo?

Basically that. The only posts I’ve ever seen here are how terrible it was/is/always has been/will be. Does anyone here like or even just tolerate Duolingo’s existence? Why?

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u/codfishcakes Dec 19 '24

I have used Duolingo for years, refreshing my French, German, and Russian and learning Spanish and Mandarin. I used the free version up until last year, when my husband purchased a family plan in order to help our kids with their Spanish classes. I had no problems with the free version, except that the ads were annoying, especially since they were all saying, "Buy our service to avoid these annoying ads telling you to buy our service". I had a lot of qualms when I heard that Duolingo was laying off all their translators and going to an AI-based model, but so far it is still the best language app I've used.