Duolingo CEO Luis Von Ahn wants you addicted to learning

4163.084 - 4186.773 Luis Von Ahn

We have not done as good of a job. And part of the issue is that we're freemium. And again, I grew up in a poor country. In a poor country, Even if the price is scaled down to match the GDP per capita, which is much cheaper, the problem that you have is that in a poor country, the attitude is, I won't pay unless I have to. That's just the attitude. Like, it doesn't matter if it's just a dollar.