Wish people would realize they are NOT idiots.

This erodes privacy and allows character assassinations on anyone who wants to be safe and/or private by using those VPN that do not comply. Is your mega ISP really going to stand up for your rights under this? Can you really get a new ISP at the “press of a few buttons”?

You aren’t the only one here not understanding how “this doesn’t directly affect me” bc you have the technical skills to avoid it. It does affect you, even if only by the chilling effect of it being more difficult to discuss online.

Devils advocate only:

But you’d have to include the electric consumption of all reddit commenters and posters as well since they are creating the content.

As people say in these threads everytime, just don’t give your tv Internet access.

Seems smart to avoid LG as well.

What happens when they can? Have you ever obliged and bought their product for passing the test??

According to recent research, yes.

But research is lacking in the retention of skills and knowledge once the gamification is removed.

Does Duolingo create life long learners, or is it just something to pass the time and feel good about getting a score streak.

My theory is almost all Duolingo users would quit learning if Duolingo went away tomorrow and everyone has to restart at 0 on a new app/service.