Giving lingots to other users Topic is solved

[back4morelater]

Currently they are pushing the new Duolingo Super thing, and you can get two weeks for free. It's totally up to you. Personally I feel if a site is touting how they are "free" and then they push a paid version, is it really "free"? Just rhetorically asking...LOL

They are just using a fairly common marketing strategy which is to offer something for free and then have premium option where you pay more for more options/features. So whether that's an ad-free version, extra levels or other app specific things, the free version acts as a taster or some might say a lure to sell the the premium product. The test drive of a car or other product has been around for a while. So maybe you should be grateful that Duo haven't used the two week free trial before you have to pay model , there's at least one language platform that's using that model.

[lrai]

Dear back4morelater:

I am aware of the tactic, I worked in Marketing/Advertising for many years. I just find it amusing and ironic when you consider that this site was conceived to be a free language learning tool and now it's become something other.