[tut-urut-utut]

Used it to "learn" German for a while. It was fun in the beginning, but as I progressed I noticed that it became more into "gaming the tool" to let you pass to the next level than learning, even to the extent I had to answer many questions in a non-idiomatic way because I learned that's what Duolingo expects me to answer.

Honestly, I don't see how they can be a profitable stock exchange based company. The value proposition to the customers is just not there. Unless they have an extraordinary sales team that can secure a bunch of enterprise contract out of thin air, I don't see how they can be much more than just another language learning website.

[scanny]

I have been beginning myself, what apps/sites/methods would you reccomend?

[tut-urut-utut]

The most effective way of learning a language is still a classic way. Book a language course, with an actual teacher, try to read as much as possible, watch movies, and when you are up to talk, talk, talk, ...

IMHO, no app can help learn a language except as a vocabulary learning helper, in which case something as simple as Anki flashcards app is good enough.

[notsureaboutpg]

There are lots of companies that sign with enterprises to provide a language learning perk to employees.

But you're right, I can't imagine them leveraging that to some kind of billion dollar valuation and success on the NYSE