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I realize that duolingo is a business, but the relatively recent give a "hearts" limit (unless you pay!) is really unfortunate. You can use the app but as soon
by nkozyra 6y ago
I realize that duolingo is a business, but the relatively recent give a "hearts" limit (unless you pay!) is really unfortunate.
You can use the app but as soon as you struggle, you're likely to be kicked out for some time. That's when you need practice the most, and they're discouraging you. It's disastrous for free users and indicates they gave too much for free and/or their monetization strategy is failing.
- halfdan 6y agoI think you're misunderstanding the feature (or maybe I am?). The way I understand it losing hearts prevents you from progressing too quickly. You can refill hearts by practicing content you've covered already and hence strengthen your basics.
- nkozyra 6y agoThat's a generous way of looking at it, imo. If you're working through stuff, you absolutely will get things wrong. That's true in languages, in programming, in learning anything. Stopping when you make 5 mistakes is a very bad thing when you're trying to learn.