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After you uninstall the app, the icon will be entirely invisible.
I will if I have to, but for now it's still a more productive use of my time than shitposting here
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Could use a custom launcher to set it. Assuming you're on Android.
Funnily that doesn't work. It's still changing
Oh interesting, cause I know Nova launcher lets you replace app icons with custom ones. I am a bit surprised it's been overwritten.
Depends on the launcher.
Disable automatic updates in the play store. I have them dissbled for all my apps to have better control over what is pushed upon me. I noticed that also stops the Duo icon to change when I was slacking off.
Icon pack
Nice work. I also share this gripe, it seems the people at Duolingo are biased in thinking that getting started early is better, which is not true at all. I wish they removed the angry icons and replaced them with ones that weren't so biased.
Like this, but with the kinky green owl:
*I think there is a setting in the app that turns off changing icons entirely. Can't find it rn tho...
Don't open the app for three months and it calms down.
I'll never get how it's possible to fall for marketing so hard
Duolingo has me caught hook, line and sinker. At first I installed it to see what the fuss was about. Then I got a notification about starting a streak. Thought I'd do it again. Did it for three days and gave up. Then I started getting "streak freezes" added. Next thing I know I was on 7 days. Then two weeks. Then a month. Then six. Then a year. Now two. I cannot bring myself to remove the app or break the streak.
On the flip side, the language that I'm learning really is a language that I actually should be actively learning (probably more than just Duolingo). But the app has defeated the part of me that would never be bothered to. Sometimes I enjoy it and do a few lessons. But even if I'm lazy, it still makes me do a bare minimum refresher. So I'd actually recommend it if you need to learn a language properly. It really does keep you sunk in during your low periods.
Although many suggest using it only as a supplement (although I can still say basic phrases with what I've learned and I'm happy with my progression in it)
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