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"There are thousands of volunteers who donated their labour to Duo... Bit by bit all of our work was hidden from us as Duolingo became a publicly-traded company." (aus.social)
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[–] Engywuck@lemm.ee 313 points 10 months ago (26 children)

never give a corporation your labour for free.

People should have known this from the beginning.

[–] tourist@lemmy.world 66 points 10 months ago (2 children)

but what if they give you cool digital gems

[–] jucktion@kbin.social 17 points 10 months ago

woo, shiny. my preciousss

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