[broof]

Duolingos website actually has different features (and less/no ads for the mobile version of the website). On iPhone you can export the website itself to your home screen and it’s essentially an ad free version of the app with better features. I found it to be way more enjoyable this way

[emsy]

Thanks for the tip! Ads in Duolingo have become so obnoxious I stopped using it (I have better language apps that I pay for so the plus plan doesn’t make sense for me). This is probably the biggest risk for this IPO. You spend almost as much time dismissing ads and popups as you are learning the language. I can’t imagine this is helping them attract new users or converting users to the plus model for that matter. And no I don’t want notifications especially if you ask every 2 minutes.

[voisin]

I saw a ton of ads for the first 2-3 weeks of daily practice and then never saw ads again except for the occasional ad for upgrading to Plus.

[tagawa]

Reduces tracking vectors too.