European alternatives to Duolingo
The gamified language-learning app with the famously persistent owl. A publicly-traded US company on AWS, holding learning and engagement data under US jurisdiction.
Company information about Duolingo
- Company
- Duolingo, Inc.
- Headquarters
- Pittsburgh, United States
- Founded
- 2011
- Data jurisdiction
- United States
- Ownership
- Publicly traded
- GDPR
- No
- Open source
- No
- Infrastructure
- Amazon AWS
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European alternatives to Duolingo
Subscription language courses from Berlin built around practical, conversational lessons – a European alternative to Duolingo.
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Start somewhere.
Switching everything overnight is not realistic. Start where it matters most: your email, your cloud storage, your business tools. Replace one thing at a time.
The European Alternative already exists.
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Why avoid United States-owned services?
CLOUD Act
Forces US companies to hand over data stored anywhere in the world upon government request, including data on European servers.
FISA Section 702
Authorises mass surveillance of non-US persons using data held by US tech platforms, without a warrant or notification.
GDPR vs US law conflict
EU courts have repeatedly found that US surveillance law conflicts with European fundamental rights. Schrems I and II both invalidated EU-US data transfer agreements.