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Anecdotal- but my daughter wanted to use duolingo to "learn a new language". I said, sure... but no in-app purchases of any kind. After a couple of weeks, she n
by deafpolygon 3y ago
Anecdotal- but my daughter wanted to use duolingo to "learn a new language". I said, sure... but no in-app purchases of any kind. After a couple of weeks, she no longer uses it. It turns out that you need to pay for gems and stuff, in order to continue practicing. Once you're out of hearts and gems, you can't do anything until it refreshes.
It's kind of sad, that in the pursuit of cashing in on their "whales" that they've essentially neutered it as an educational app.
- addandsubtract 3y agoThis is only true if you're on the free plan. If you get Duo Plus (family plan and split it, for example), all the IAP become obsolete. You can practice/learn a language 24/7 without limits. The gems become completely irrelevant. I think this is a really fair model and great bang for the buck.
- deafpolygon 3y agoThe problem is when the whole thing is structured around gems, etc. Duolingo is incentivized to structure it in such a way that it benefits the nature of microtransactions. It diminishes the educational value of the whole thing, subscription plan or not.
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