Studying for CFA®: Learning Ecosystem vs. Prep Provider

For studying purposes for CFA® Level I (or any level), what's the best way to study: 1) Prep Provider (e.g., Kaplan, Bloomberg, AnalystPrep, etc.), 2) Learning Ecosystem (that comes with CFA® registration), or 3) combo of both? And if it's a combo, how do you best use both systems together? 

Thinking it would be a combo, but didn't know if the Learning Ecosystem is actually any good... what worked best for you and why?

If there's already a post on this, anyone have the link?

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