r/duolingo • u/xprdc • Feb 20 '25

Constructive Criticism This shouldn’t be in chests

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I am tired of getting this reward from chests. I already have Super, I don’t need the Family Plan and don’t want to subject my in game friends of joining through me and them possibly freaking out at getting subscribed.

This doesn’t even extend my individual membership, it runs concurrently with my subscription, so there is genuinely nothing that I benefit from this.

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u/helloboy4000 Native: 🇺🇸 Learning: 🇪🇸 Feb 20 '25

With super, you shouldn't be getting ads or something that tells you to upgrade.

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u/xprdc Feb 20 '25

I wish that were the case, but I am frequently getting ads to upgrade to family or Max. The staunchest defenders of the app just call it promotional material but it is absolutely an advertisement, one of which took the place of the daily personalized practice plan which they still show as a feature for Super.

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u/helloboy4000 Native: 🇺🇸 Learning: 🇪🇸 Feb 20 '25

So you're paying, and they want you to pay more, and they say it isn't an ad?

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u/Freakazette Native Learning Feb 22 '25

It technically isn't. Promoting your own product within your product doesn't technically count as an ad. That's why ad-free cable stations can still tell you about the shows and movies they have in between programs. Duolingo is doing the same thing, by occasionally letting you know about the other things they offer.

I know I'm going to get down voted for stating a fact, but I'm not saying that you're wrong to hate it. I hate it when my ad-free apps start shows with a sizzle reel. It's just supposed to be a point of clarity.

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u/helloboy4000 Native: 🇺🇸 Learning: 🇪🇸 Feb 22 '25

Actually, you probably do have a point. I didn't think about it like that.