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[–] papalonian@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Should definitely avoid Duolingo.

[–] safesyrup@feddit.org 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

I am visiting denmark in summer and wanted to learn some danish. I looked at duolingo, then at their privacy policy, then i threw the idea away. Babbel is better in terms of privacy but still not great. I havenβ€˜t found an alternative product yet.

[–] huppakee@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Asking for a friend, do they sell your data or just (ab)use it?

[–] safesyrup@feddit.org 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Both, your data ends up at facebook, google and i think microsoft as well :))

[–] huppakee@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago

Thanks for the heads up, I never cared much for American companies using my data because I didn't care much of them making money off my back but I feel that I have to change that with now geopolitic situation changed. I don't want my data accessible to a government that has increasingly closer ties with regimes like the ones in China, Russia and Israel.

[–] dojan@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Was thinking perhaps Rosetta Stone, they're old and well-established, and while I've not read through their privacy policy on account of being dead tired at the moment, at a glance it looks digestible.

But then I noticed that they don't do Danish.

Though maybe we're too app focused. Denmark has some really good children's books authors, H.C. Andersen is classic, most people probably know him through his work "Den Lille Havfrue", or at least the Disnep adaptation, "The Little Mermaid." For pronunciation my favourite method is singing and mimicking. I enjoy the mouthfeel of other languages, though admittedly Danish is incredibly difficult as the sounds are so different from Swedish.

[–] safesyrup@feddit.org 3 points 1 month ago

Yeah honestly children's books are a good start if you are serious about it, but since I just want to learn the absolute basics for day to day communication, this seems overkill for me. I think danish should be quite approachable for me though since I speak german in mother tongue

[–] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 1 points 1 month ago

Oh no! How will I pretend to learn a language now?

[–] Kyrgizion@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I dunno, this is the kinda energy needed to keep that fucking owl dead.

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 1 points 1 month ago

I kill you now