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Welsh government to write to Duolingo after updates to course 'paused' (news.sky.com)
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Wales's minister for education and the Welsh language said he will write to the company to see how the government might be able to support the course's continued development.

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[–] onlinepersona@programming.dev 2 points 2 years ago

It's unfortunate to see them embrace closed source solutions. They could either fund an opensource project and build a welch program on top of it making them the owners of their own fate, or they could beg a company to not let their language die.