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a much better use of time would be listening to courses or lectures from youtube where real experts present information.
Response from developer
Sorry the purpose of the app was not better communicated. Polym is not intended to replace books or YouTube courses. Its purpose is to help users retain foundational knowledge through active learning, spaced repetition, and interleaving. Watching a YouTube course is valuable, but watching a YouTube course and then continually revisiting its key concepts using research-backed learning methods is, in our view, even better. To clarify for anyone reading this, Polym provides courses, typically 6–12 short lectures, that teach and connect ideas. For later review, we also provide term-only lectures that revisit key terms from each course, along with flashcard lectures designed for active recall practice.
bait and switch
Response from developer
Sorry for your frustration. We are a startup and unfortunately do not see it being feasible to scale with a free tier at the moment. That may change in the future. We do offer a free trial which can be easily opted out of in your iPhone settings. If a paid subscription is not of interest, our core learning techniques–active learning, spaced repetition, and interleaving–can be implemented with Anki and Obsidian, though you’ll need to populate them with your own notes. Wishing you the best on your learning journey.
