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Youtube has better quality and rewind but twitch has more interesting chat, even if it is just spamming emojis. Twitch chat has a vibe, feels like you are in a stadium. Also for gaming streams, twitch is a must. Also you need a browser extension like 7tv to appreciate the chat.

Vader could have revoked her diplomatic immunity

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwC_IaY3BmY

As it stands I find it hard to believe that less than 45 million people in the EU use the service monthly

I believe it. Iphone has pretty low market share in EU and most people use third party apps like whatsup. So even iphone users are forced to use those third party apps.

I think a demographic analysis would be more important. If imessage only has 20% share in total but 60% among teens, then that should be enough to be to be considered gatekeeper. Especially considering that those teens will eventually grow up and probably carry that market share into adulthood.

I use babbel.com which is a paid only app though(i think). It has a more traditional approach to teaching, explaining tenses and even cultural stuff but it is still somewhat gamified with short sessions. It is using a separate “review” part for repetition that focuses more on newly learnt words or words that you got wrong.

By default, it is weaving 1 normal lesson+reviewing sessions which can last as long as you want(or till you exhaust the available words for review, maybe around 30 examples per day).

It uses real recordings of people and for the most part, the audio quality/pronunciation is good. It uses a lot of realistic scenarios and dialogues. It has some minigames that help with vocabulary but i dont use them.

I have been using it for 5 months and i am pretty satisfied with it. It isnt perfect and it kinda lacks the refinement of duolingo but it is very good for learning stuff.

PS Depending on the language you are interested, there might even be podcasts that help new learners.