Sometimes infinite monkeys do write the source code for doom and run it on a thermometer
Sunny@slrpnk.net 19 hours ago
Having such a big influencer as Pewds shout out selfhosting, ad blocking and general privacy improvements is a huge win, no matter what your opinion is of him.
hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 hours ago
brachiosaurus@mander.xyz 5 hours ago
And having a youtube video on lemmy frontpage is a huge ad for google and a missed opportunity for an open alternative to become more popular
teslasaur@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
Do you get enough oxygen in that large intestine you live in?
Take the win and move on.
Sunny@slrpnk.net 5 hours ago
Dunno about “huge ad” exactly… There arent that many of us here lol.
teawrecks@sopuli.xyz 18 hours ago
What concerns me is the implicit association people will make between him and FOSS, and anything they believe about one will carry to the other.
I have to assume there are already people who hear “Linux” and think “ugh, I wouldn’t touch that with a 10ft pole because I don’t want anything to do with Pewdiepie”. Similarly, if he says something dumb next week, and half his audience abandons him, they’ll likely have a negative outlook on FOSS going forward.
Either way, I don’t believe FOSS’ staying power comes from meteoric rises following a fad, it comes from a natural immunity to enshittification over time. On the scale of a few of decades, FOSS seems like it’s struggling against proprietary solutions. But just like the general concept of political democracy, I think on the scale of centuries it will become the clear, time-tested, least-bad option. But I digress.
NannerBanner@literature.cafe 3 hours ago
it comes from a natural immunity to enshittification over time.
ugh, tell me that if this bullshit with systemd and age verification isn’t true.
teawrecks@sopuli.xyz 1 hour ago
It’s already solved: FOSS means I can always fork/build my own package that does what I want. That’s why I mean it’s immune.
fushuan@lemmy.blahaj.zone 16 hours ago
If they are at that level of critical thinking they would not have survived Linux anyway so, idc.
QuandaleDingle@lemmy.world 17 hours ago
Eh, don’t worry about it. If people are seeking out Linux for their own valid reasons, they’ll take what they need and leave what they don’t.
zbyte64@awful.systems 16 hours ago
A win for who? Sounds like he will deter some people and attract others based on whether they think checks notes anti-Semitism is a deal breaker. Jesus Christ this is pathetic.
anthropozaen@feddit.org 16 hours ago
Antisemitism, based on that one clip where he deliberately did something controversial to check boundaries of freelancers? Perhaps it wasn’t the brightest idea he’s ever had to upload this but framing him as such is a bit much I think. Like with his bridge-incident, I don’t think anyone would seriously call him racist for that.
timestatic@feddit.org 16 hours ago
Yeah like how many years ago was that? Lets just believe people can’t better themselves and hold things against them forever. What an awful reality that would be
Bronzor@lemmy.ml 16 hours ago
zbyte64@awful.systems 13 hours ago
He’s too dumb to be intentionally racist but he’s a great spoke person for your cause. 🙄
H4CK3RN4M3D4N63R570RM@lemmy.ca 3 hours ago
“Too dumb to be intentionally racist”? I want to understand your comment more as I feel most people who ‘choose’ to be racist are pretty stupid. I can only imagine exceptional cases like politicians or leader figures who use fear and hate to get more power.
anthropozaen@feddit.org 7 hours ago
Spokesperson for “my” cause? Tell me more.
Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
Her helped usher in this new enshittification. He was the Trojan horse. First one to reach a million
real_squids@sopuli.xyz 13 hours ago
you think he has influence over youtube’s business model decisions?
Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
You think not having total control of an organization means he’s free of blame. Would you say that your MAGA uncle doesn’t control Trump so isn’t responsible for his actions.
Pewdiepie is literally called an influencer. He warped what many young people belief they can become today and that belief is what ushered in a world of influencers chasing the all mighty dollar. That has given all these corporations fuel to create content and that content is stealing our data, eliminating data scarcity and used to influence politics.
He’s not the cause of it but he was an inflection point and could have went in a different direction to push kids to reject this new paradigm. Instead he was the face of it.
real_squids@sopuli.xyz 3 hours ago
You think not having total control of an organization means he’s free of blame
I don’t, that’s something you made up about me in your head. I think that YouTube’s business execs would always lead it to where we are now.
He warped what many young people belief they can become today and that belief is what ushered in a world of influencers chasing the all mighty dollar
He made gameplay videos. I think that’s the most benign form of “influencing” there can be. I think there are much more damaging channels that had way more sway in shaping this new generation.
Again, I’m not saying he’s a saint but I do think he’s ultimately insignificant when looking at the causes of and reasoning behind youtube’s enshittification. And I don’t think he would ever go a different direction, just doesn’t seem like the type.
cecilkorik@piefed.ca 15 hours ago
I’m always open to somebody’s redemption arc, even if I dislike them. The great thing about people is that we are capable of growth, even if not all of us always grow in the right direction, we always can.
brachiosaurus@mander.xyz 5 hours ago
What redemption? Where are his fediverse channels at?
MrKoyun@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
…one step at a time, dude. This kind of thinking just serves to make perfect the enemy of good.
brachiosaurus@mander.xyz 4 hours ago
It takes 2 minutes to create an account on the fediverse, they are not interested in that, they are on youtube for the profits.