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If our mobile application fails to conform to any applicable warranty, you may notify Apple and Apple will refund the purchase price of the mobile application to you.
we do not provide price protection or refunds in the event of a price drop or promotional offering.
We reserve the right to issue refunds, credits, or discounts at our sole discretion. If we issue a refund, credit, or discount, we are under no obligation to issue the same or similar refund in the future...
"if you made purchases on Duolingo through the Apple or Google app stores, payments and refunds are handled by Apple or Google, respectively, and Duolingo cannot issue refunds for those purchases.Excerpt from Duolingo's Terms of Service
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The clause states: “if you made purchases on Duolingo through the Apple or Google app stores, payments and refunds are handled by Apple or Google, respectively, and Duolingo cannot issue refunds for those purchases.”
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