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"There are thousands of volunteers who donated their labour to Duo... Bit by bit all of our work was hidden from us as Duolingo became a publicly-traded company." (aus.social)
submitted 2 years ago by Star@sopuli.xyz to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] sab@kbin.social 137 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Anyone who has a passion for open source and wants to learn Spanish should check out LibreLingo! It's also a nice project for people who want to contribute to something that is not owned by a company, though it's a bit too early for contributors who have language skills but no coding experience.

[–] Waluigis_Talking_Buttplug@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago

Fantastic recommendation, thank you

[–] SomeoneElse@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 years ago

Thank you for this!

[–] freebee@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Any suggestions for other languages? German? Italian?

[–] sab@kbin.social 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Unfortunately I don't know of any open source alternative. After another response in this thread I started using busuu.com for French and Italian, and I'm liking it so far. Their business model is pretty transparent, but I find it less annoying than Duolingo so far.

Viel Glück and buona fortuna with your language learning!

[–] baltakatei@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 years ago

Duolingo, the dominant player, can simply buy competition like busuu, bypassing the need they'd otherwise have to improve their software.

[–] freebee@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I like that's it's more real life, the talking, people, subjects etc. Think I'll use it for a while, because on duolingo I wasn't evolving much anymore in German, this goes further up it seems

Just as pushy as duolingo unfortunately in ads and mainly in pushing to and rewarding premium.

[–] sab@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

Yeah, the adds take up some time, but I still find the overall experience less annoying than I did with Duolingo last time I used it. The push towards human interaction, which Duolingo has actively pushed away from, is also welcome.