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teach1st

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2. This applies to the free version AFAIK

Reply to douglas9 (Original post)

Fri Jun 29, 2018, 08:20 AM

Jun 2018

The paid version doesn't have popups. And, as the article mentions, the paid "professional" version lets you opt out of the company sharing data. At least, it says it does. It's hard to trust them anymore.

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This applies to the free version AFAIK teach1st Jun 2018 #2

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