The Energy cutover must preserve daily practice while making a hard access limit understandable.
Revenue protection favors a firm boundary while learner trust depends on a recovery path that feels fair.
Who you’d be doing this for
“My break is ten minutes, and now I’m staring at a screen asking me to wait or pay.”
Lorena Castillo · Night-shift worker learning English
A frequent free learner who practices during a fixed break and repeatedly reaches the Energy limit.
What is at stake
Support contacts rose 34% in the limited rollout, and affected learners may lose their daily practice window. You must weigh a fixed access boundary against an explanation and recovery path people can trust.
Why it isn’t already fixed
Every obvious fix costs something else. That’s the part you’d have to decide.
- access limits vs. daily practice
- conversion clarity vs. learner trust
- cutover speed vs. edge-state confidence
- machine summaries vs. verified evidence
Why Duolingo
Energy limits sit directly inside the short daily lesson routine that powers the app’s streak and practice behavior.
Written with these in mind
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