A Duolingo MAX subscriber is leaving the platform after 1,000 days due to frustration with an AI takeover and lack of fluency progress, switching to Busuu.

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      "[post] However, I cannot no longer tolerate the AI takeover on this app.",
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  -H "X-API-KEY: $AUTOBOUND_API_KEY"

curl -X POST https://signals.autobound.ai/v1/companies/enrich \
  -H "X-API-KEY: $AUTOBOUND_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"domain":"duolingo.com","limit":20}'