I'd love them to spend even 1% of their zany marketing budget on improving the actual course content. 😬

I'm even trying a free trial of Max at the moment and... the video calls with Lily that now make up about 50% of the course (on Japanese, at least), are so useless. The questions seem totally random, there's no natural flow to anything.

Lily: Hello.
Me: Hello.
Lily: (long pause)
Lily: Hello.
Lily: (long pause)
Lily: Do you like coffee or tea?
Me: I like coffee, you?
Lily: (long pause)
Lily: Is that so? I also like coffee. Is Toronto lively today?
Me: (?!?) Um... yes, it's lively?
Lily: (long pause)
Lily: Is that so? OK, let's talk again soon!
Me: See you later.
Lily: (long pause)
Lily: See you later.

And then it doesn't even give me any feedback about how I did??? It's bewildering, who's paying £20/month for this?

This is giving off massive cosmic horror vibes.