# edX 7 Hacker News commenters recommended edX and 4 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 13 months. **Verdict:** People recommend edX for good, challenging courses and useful free material. The common caveat is that free access to many courses has been limited. ## Why people recommend it - Valuable learning resource (3 comments): "they do offer useful material at the very least" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46061323)) "Those were [are still] a fantastic resource!" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46308559)) "unfortunately for some good sources like edX" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46310760)) - Good, challenging course content (2 comments): "the content was good and the projects were challenging" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48111050)) "Coursera and EdX were the peak of that for me." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48116859)) ## What people warn about - Free access increasingly limited (2 comments): "From around 2017 these platforms started limiting free access, so now in most cases you can only see the lecture materials" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49321996)) "After Coursera/Udacity/EdX discontinued courses that I wanted to take" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46303750)) - Seen as commercialized after acquisition (2 comments): "The ongoing enshittification of Coursera, Udacity, and EdX is sad to watch." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46301933)) "EDX and Coursera got bought out and are now money-making online ed sites" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48641135)) ## Alternatives hackers recommend - [Khan Academy](https://hackerapproved.com/p/khan-academy.md): 67 recommend - [Coursera](https://hackerapproved.com/p/coursera.md): 26 recommend - [Udemy](https://hackerapproved.com/p/udemy.md): 16 recommend - [MIT OpenCourseWare](https://hackerapproved.com/p/mit-opencourseware.md): 14 recommend - [Brilliant.org](https://hackerapproved.com/p/brilliant-org.md): 12 recommend ## Where to get it - [Visit the official site](https://www.edx.org/) ## Cite as Hacker Approved, "edX", https://hackerapproved.com/p/edx/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).