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Re: "The Problem With Ads in Apps"
And it's usually at this point that someone mentions Anki :) which is a great app/tool for any kind of fact-based learning.
Feb 20 · 3 months ago
The Problem With Ads in Apps — I was playing around with Duolingo today. I tried it a few years ago, just before the pandemic; it got a lot better. This time around, I didn't feel like an idiot poking at obvious multiple-choice questions. There is a good mix of different actions now, including speaking (which now works well). It is gamified, which is good for this sort of thing. So when I started with a browser, it started showing ads. That is fine as everything else on the web is doing the...