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submitted 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) by NinePeedles@sh.itjust.works to c/duolingo@lemmy.world
 
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[โ€“] meejle@lemmy.world 10 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

I'd love them to spend even 1% of their zany marketing budget on improving the actual course content. ๐Ÿ˜ฌ

I'm even trying a free trial of Max at the moment and... the video calls with Lily that now make up about 50% of the course (on Japanese, at least), are so useless. The questions seem totally random, there's no natural flow to anything.

Lily: Hello.
Me: Hello.
Lily: (long pause)
Lily: Hello.
Lily: (long pause)
Lily: Do you like coffee or tea?
Me: I like coffee, you?
Lily: (long pause)
Lily: Is that so? I also like coffee. Is Toronto lively today?
Me: (?!?) Um... yes, it's lively?
Lily: (long pause)
Lily: Is that so? OK, let's talk again soon!
Me: See you later.
Lily: (long pause)
Lily: See you later.

And then it doesn't even give me any feedback about how I did??? It's bewildering, who's paying ยฃ20/month for this?

[โ€“] Cris_Color@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

I patched a version with ReVanced manager a while back and just haven't updated cause it sounds like things have gotten a looot worse ๐Ÿ˜…

This is giving off massive cosmic horror vibes.