abseloutely RAVING over the fact that Finnish Duolingo isn't starting with the normal "this is a cat" " I eat apples" type lessons, but is going straight into "congratulations!" "cheers!" "good luck!" and "welcome!"
As much as I see flaw with doulingo, I see more flaws with the people using it.
There is no app out there that is free that will teach you a language without having you study, take notes, and accept responsiblity for your own learning.
Doing those mini lessons is not enough! No matter how long you take them. They are just giving you practice in said language. You still have to take notes and use the words they give you to create a vocab list that you repeat to yourself. Doulingo just gives you the verbal sound of it and the exercises thats it. Sometimes the damn alphabet. But thats it. You still have to study. You are not studying when doing doulingo, you are exercising the knowledge you were given.
"It literally doesn't teach you anything useful!"
Do you expect it to spoon feed you the information? Take the words and sentence structure it gives you and figure it out! It still has flaw in that area but you gotta remember that it is an app. Not an actual living teacher. It is giving you the basics in a fun and colourful way.
When you open up that app, that you chose, also whip out a pencil and paper and start writing down words and take full advantage of the function where you click on any word and it gives you a translation.
All this is applicable to every other language learning app out there. My favorite is lingQ and I still take notes on what it teaches me. Because thats how you actually learn. You have to train your brain, mouth, and eyes to adjust to your language of choice. A language learning app is a tool, not a teacher.
If you are incapable of taking on such a commitment then don't, it's a free world, just don't put all the blame on an app because it is not responsible for your education as much as you are.