<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@gamingonlinux" class="u-url mention">@<span>gamingonlinux</span></a></span> Oh, I&#39;m sure they&#39;re very open with the data they harvest from users.</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hachyderm.io/@ranvel" class="u-url mention">@<span>ranvel</span></a></span> I knew some French but it’s been 20+ years and I’ve forgotten the intracies. And that’s why I feel like Duolingo isn’t necessarily teaching me. It’s giving me words and phrases but I’m relying on my past memories of grammar in some ways that make me feel like there could he better options. I def appreciate the streaks, I just worry I’m recognizing certain words but not understanding/learning structure.</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@gamingonlinux" class="u-url mention">@<span>gamingonlinux</span></a></span> the most &quot;Free Use&quot; operating system</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@gamingonlinux" class="u-url mention">@<span>gamingonlinux</span></a></span> open to what?</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@gamingonlinux" class="u-url mention">@<span>gamingonlinux</span></a></span><br />Open like <a href="https://reactos.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">reactos.org/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> ??</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@gamingonlinux" class="u-url mention">@<span>gamingonlinux</span></a></span> &quot;Open&quot; in that you can read your CEO&#39;s emails, not as in the OS itself is open.</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@gamingonlinux" class="u-url mention">@<span>gamingonlinux</span></a></span> Once upon a time Meta let you pick your facebook feed to be most recent (of your friends and liked pages, groups). Then they determined algorithm could keep one scrolling longer and the choices got buried and requiring manual selection. Apps that worked around it were neutered or broken to force the feed. This is solely a ploy to lure users in, hook them, and then rug pull later.</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@film_girl" class="u-url mention">@<span>film_girl</span></a></span> We got rid of our Super sub to Duolingo. None of us felt like we were learning anything,and it was starting to feel like a chore.</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@film_girl" class="u-url mention">@<span>film_girl</span></a></span> There’s always the old guard Rosetta Stone, but the price is quite a premium. Still, given the length of time you’d be subscribed to any other the others, it’s not so bad.</p>