Prior to November's Path UI update, a couple of months back, Duolingo was a solid 4*. Before the very useful in-lesson chat functions went, that was a 5*. It was fun, it was effective and now, it's been wrecked.Why bother reiterating what I and hundreds of others have written concerning the massive own goal which is the 'Path UI' update ? It's not as if I expect any response when none was forthcoming previously. This is in the nature of a eulogy for a fool. Far from so much as acknowledging issues with their chosen path, Duolingo have compounded their error with platitudes and attempted crude deflections with yet more gimmicks. That isn't listening, frankly it's insulting.I wrote a couple of moths back that learning isn't or at least shouldn't be a prescriptive 'one size fits all' process, yet that is precisely what Duolingo has very consciously degenerated into. It's clear that, if anyone from Duolingo bothers to read the hundreds of reasoned critical reviews, these aren't considered sufficiently important to warrant any response. Clearly, there's only metric of interest to Duolingo. Well, so be it ....Given how deeply demotivating both the new format and the attitude of Duolingo have become, that leaves but one option, which I sadly now take. Consigning my 860 day streak to history, I'm now done.
