The Duolingo app was very laggy so I uninstalled it and installed a version from ten months ago from apkmirror. Is there an reason to switch back to the current version on the play store? The app is (for now) working great with barely any lags and it doesn't bother me anymore about Duolingo premium.
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Old version ok to use?
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I think, depends on what else it was updated for, like if the old version had a security vulnerability. Also as Duolingo is an on-line app and depends on their servers, they could if they wanted force you to update if you wish to keep using their service.
The changelog is a bunch of bs (just like all the Google apps so I can't blame them). What kind of vulnerabilities could it have? It's not like I'm giving it any of my information.
With every version the app gets laggier. It's a big corporation, all they care about is profit, which they continue getting anyway. If you go on their forums you see tons of complaints about the app being laggy, yet it never ever gets better. I've sent them multiple messages about it being really bad.
Your Duolingo account username and password? Could be personal data if making a new account. They may not even admit any security problems in their changelog, because to do so might shake customer confidence in this "big corporation", and give hackers a possible target.
Some apps have been updated because prior versions had problems with secure encryption, or just weren't encrypting at all. Also as I stated Duolingo could actually force you to update, like if they changed their protocol or version checked the client app.
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svim
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Ahh, OK then. Is their a particular reason why you continue using this app even though you dislike so many aspects about it? There are other language tutoring apps to choose from.
And by the way, Duolingo isn't much of a 'big corporation' at all, being an education-based organization it does however live off some pretty healthy donations from those 'big corporations'. This allows them to give their product, including there apps and the service behind, away free of charge too. Also for what you've painted as a below-grade product with a forum full of complaints, the download count for the app is past 5 million and that's just a Play Store numbers, there's the Apple Store and Amazon App store that's not included.