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by waboremo 1185 days ago
What a nice story, I wonder if they negotiated much on offers or if it was really a simple low ball for duolingo to get rid of. Generous if the latter!

To be that attached to your idea after all this time is also very impressive. Most people would have just abandoned it and moved on, even if it was making decent money.
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iLoveOncall 1185 days ago
> if it was really a simple low ball for duolingo to get rid of

At 4K MMR it was probably a pain in the ass for Duolingo to maintain and the reason for acquisition was hiring the developer and avoiding a potential concurrent (which in the end never realized) so I'd imagine it was a very easy buy.

And I'm not saying that as a criticism of ReadLang, I think it's a great tool actually.

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steveridout 1185 days ago
Yeah, it was pretty easy. Relatively low offer and not much negotiating. From their point of view it wasn't worth maintaining. I'm just very happy they offered it back to me instead of shutting it down.
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