That boy doing so much work for privacy and linux communities. I love it!
PewDiePie: I'm DONE with Google
Submitted 5 weeks ago by paequ2@lemmy.today to selfhosted@lemmy.world
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_Lxkt50xOg
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dieTasse@feddit.org 5 weeks ago
lemonuri@lemmy.ml 5 weeks ago
Imagine if some big influencers like him switched to peertube, that would be quiet a thing indeed.
sturmblast@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
It still baffles me why anyone likes him in the first place tbh
grrgyle@slrpnk.net 5 weeks ago
Even just mirroring.
Is there a tool already that makes it easy to upload to both? Idk, I haven’t uploaded a video since like the 10s
bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 5 weeks ago
Wait for it, I bet a whole bunch of people mentioned it in the comments of this one. That will probably be the topic of his next video. Although I’m hoping for stopkillinggames.com.
ICastFist@programming.dev 5 weeks ago
Any influencer that relies on YouTube ad money won’t make the full jump.
Other than that, they’ll very quickly find out that keeping a video focused service running and serving 10k views daily (300k/mon) is very expensive both in storage and bandwidth.
dieTasse@feddit.org 5 weeks ago
I think they are the only people able to do something like that. Hosting videos is expensive as … you know. But if someone can do it, its them.
fin@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
How about LBRY? Do you think it’s a sane alternative to YT? I also think peertube is the true freedom, though, I was surprised how quick videos load on odysee
brachiosaurus@mander.xyz 5 weeks ago
Can we stop with the narrative that corporations and celebrities are doing good? This guy is 110 Million people away from doing something for privacy and linux, once he makes 110 million and one person switch to linux or using a youtube alternative he will have done some work in the positive.
dieTasse@feddit.org 5 weeks ago
I mean… glass half full or half empty… You can appreciate how enthusiastic he was about it and how many people saw the video, or you can just complain… Btw. if he should do more, it will be the positive feedback he gets about it, not the negative one which is just demotivating…
7eter@feddit.org 5 weeks ago
bastion@feddit.nl 5 weeks ago
so much better
Randelung@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Correlation is not causation.
wise_pancake@lemmy.ca 5 weeks ago
Three R’s to deGoogling: Reduce, replace, remove.
I would say start by changing your browser and search engine (lots of options out there today), and then set up your own domain for email hosting so you can try different providers.
There isn’t another YouTube with all that content out there, so that one is tough, but you don’t have to 100% de google, 50% is still good. 15% is still good.
lepinkainen@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Don’t let perfect be the enemy of good.
MJKee9@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Pobodies nerfect…
Phegan@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Despite the lack of content we should mention peertube any time possible to increase knowledge of it, if nothing else
Lyricism6055@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Your own domain, but you’re safer not hosting your own email servers in general. Just wanted to be clear for anyone reading this. If your mail server is down you don’t get mail 🫠
I ended up using a service that isn’t Google for that with my own domain
dangling_cat@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 weeks ago
And soft lock yourself… log in to the DNS portal you need 2FA from your email… while your email is having DNS issues lol
buttnugget@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Your own domain for email hosting is a massive pain in the ass. Have you not run into a million problems with other hosting providers refusing you for possibly spam?
pathief@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Self hosting an email server is a pain in the ass and I don’t really recommend it.
Buying your own domain and using it in whatever email provider you want is very easy and gives you ownership over the email address. You may switch providers freely without needing anyone else to do anything.
wise_pancake@lemmy.ca 5 weeks ago
No, not I don’t self host my email which is where a lot of the trouble comes from
I don’t remember having any issues with it ever. That was a concern so I did slowly transition to the custom domain
Clandestine@lemmy.zip 5 weeks ago
Didn’t try to host a domain myself yet, but having it set up with Proton has given me zero problems thus far.
wesley@yall.theatl.social 5 weeks ago
Nebula is an option for some content creators but it is subscription based.
edgarde@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Wish more creators would move to Nebula. I joined when Practical Engineering recommended.
I haven’t quite figured out how to use PeerTube yet.
ABetterTomorrow@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
My own domain?!? Any suggestions??
AllYourSmurf@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Whatever name fits your fancy. Go with solid registrars like Namecheap or cloudflare.
Once you get your domain, you can use most any email provider to handle mail for that domain. Fastmail is really good. Or proton if you want the encryption.
the_crotch@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
Get something on .com or .net. Vanity tlds will piss off reputation services. And make sure you set up spf/dkim
socsa@piefed.social 5 weeks ago
Furrysmurfporn.ai is available
JessieGearGirl@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
set up your own domain for email hosting
cannot recommend this enough!
- register your domain through something like porkbun
- get an account with someone like mxroute.com (i am a fan, but not an affiliate or anything)
- enjoy pain-free email for the rest of your life
leadore@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
I think it’s ironic that the alternatives to Android (graphene, calyx) only fully work on Google phones.
blicky_blank@lemmy.today 5 weeks ago
Ditch Google
Step 1: Send them money
No_Bark@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 weeks ago
Used phones: exist
Users who constantly repost this same comment: “doesn’t look like anything to me.”
ICastFist@programming.dev 5 weeks ago
LineageOS works on a bunch of non google phones
nul42@lemmy.ca 5 weeks ago
I’m running lineage os on a Motorola moto g7 power (2019) Android 15 runs fine on a 6 year old phone.
ssdfsdf3488sd@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Thise are just different flavors. I need a pixel 8 pro xl equivalent device that runs linux natively. All thw postmarket phones are ancientx
whoisearth@lemmy.ca 5 weeks ago
Same reason it continually sucks to get a working Linux build on an apple laptop or desktop.
As bad as Google is, they’re lightyears ahead of Apple in terms of protecting their products in a walled garden.
Psythik@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Really? What’s your favorite custom ROM for modern iPhones?
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 5 weeks ago
That isn’t really true especially with Calyx OS
Trihilis@ani.social 5 weeks ago
Doesnt calyxos also work on fairphone
squaresinger@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
“work” is doing a lot of heavy lifting here when talking about a Fairphone. Worst phone I ever owned with quite some margin.
Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 5 weeks ago
I would get a Nokia flip phone but they cost a bit. Cheaper to get something someone is throwing out
Demdaru@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Throwing it out there - I am tired of left always acting as if something done decade ago was still fresh. Pewds changed, he flipped his whole video formula, and even back then evil things he did were at least questionable. Let it go folks. You are doing nothing else than making yourself look like bitter old people.
JohnAnthony@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 weeks ago
There is the expected amount of negativity in the comments, but also more positivity than I expected.
I watched the video. I am not really a fan of the style, I don’t agree with all of the content. But damn, a big influencer is using his reach to talk about retaking privacy and control in your online life. It can be such a difficult subject to pitch without sounding crazy. I think the video existing is great and pushes general awareness in the right direction.
irmadlad@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Other than hearing his name, I’ve never seen any of his content, nor do I know any of his lore. If in fact, he once was and has now changed his core convictions, then great. I have no issue with anyone who changes their minds in light of new evidence, or after taking inventory of one’s life, and deciding a new route. Both are commendable. Lord knows we’ve all done some shit in the past that was definitely cringe…I know I have. But we grow, and we learn, and in the process we become better human beings.
Demdaru@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
He never was. When teenagers used to scream n-word for shit and giggles, he was monetarily incentivised to do stupid stunts. No belief behind, other than to have a laugh. When he crossed the line and was critised for it, he backed off, apologised and learned from his mistakes.
But people love draging it out each and every single time he does anything, be it good or bad.
wetbeardhairs@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 weeks ago
… what?
bastion@feddit.nl 5 weeks ago
they’re responding to other comments, like about Pewdiepie being a nazi.
saimen@feddit.org 5 weeks ago
So is he a nazi or not?
Demdaru@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
In short, a bunch of years ago he did some stunts for publicity that put him in a bad light. And don’t get me wrong, he deserved criticism back then. But it quickly became apparent that it wasn’t his view, but just that - a publicity stunt, something to drive algorithms etc, and he also apologised for it and what’s more important, didn’t make similiar shit afterwards.
So no, not a nazi. In the past you could call him edgy or something, alas even that doesn’t really fit as he didn’t do this all the time. But people saw he is popular and saw what he did and decided that no matter that these were one-offs, he must be a nazi, secretely harbor a shrinet o Hitler and all that.
rtxn@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Do you want to continue posturing and fishing for confirmation from other edgy teens, or do you want the answer?
Gorilladrums@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
He literally never did anything evil or bad. This is a myth that was entirely created by the far left, who falsely call everything fascist, despite never watching his content.
sixty@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
People on Lemmy really just suck. So much snobby negativity
SonOfAntenora@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
You should see reddit or any other mainstream social media for that matter, I assure you it gets much worse. In fact people on lemmy are mosltly normal.
Bamboodpanda@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
… what?
YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 5 weeks ago
Honestly, the only drama I’ve ever read about him why l was the n-word on the bridge situation. Now before I migrated to Lemmy I had a decade and half old account on Reddit that got n-word count botted, and even through all the heated debates & drunken shit posting, I never once dropped so much as the -a ending. But I grew up in an area of lower socioeconomic development, and I was the rare super pasty white boy who used it growing up because that was the common vernacular I heard every day. And I was only ever once confronted about it from someone I didn’t know. But as I started to grow, mature, and expand my social circle I learned how cringey it was (and I still look back on myself in a sense of embarrassment and disgust to this day). I’m just happy that this was early Myspace days, and there are no videos of it floating around.
Now I want to make it perfectly clear, I was not an Xbox live chat edgy shit head. This was the language I heard all around me growing up, so it was an honest adoption.
With that Ted talk out the way. I have only ever seen the bridge video of his, and a late night talk show (Colbert?) interview with him. That is it so I have absolutely no horse in the race. But I do understand how people can grow and change, and it sounds like from what everyone else is saying about him, that he has for the better.
echodot@feddit.uk 5 weeks ago
I didn’t know he was a Nazi I just find him annoying.
maxwells_daemon@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Download the video before YouTube takes it down. I want to see that site flooded with reupload if they do.
atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
It will stay up. Do you know how many YouTube videos there are badmouthing Google? They don’t care so long as you’re watching them.
maxwells_daemon@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
All I know is they took down the ones by LTT and Jeff Geerling, I can only assume it was due to the larger audience those two attracted. Now imagine PewDiePie…
baatliwala@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Dude’s having an interesting life trajectory
Redex68@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
I love this new arc of pewds, unimaginably based. I’m actually interested in watching his videos now after a looong time. The last three tech related ones were great.
gazby@lemmy.zip 5 weeks ago
Waiting for the episode where he finds out who owns YouTube 🫠
Kolanaki@pawb.social 5 weeks ago
I was actually kinda wondering the other day why super large content creators with good cash flow from what they already do, don’t ditch Google and Patreon or anything else that takes a cut to he nothing more than a middleman to accessing the content? They don’t need to host on the same level as YouTube; they could probably make more money hosting their videos on their own website, where they can control what is free or paid for, and can work directly with advertisers themselves.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
How can he be done with Google and still posting YouTube videos?
manicdave@feddit.uk 5 weeks ago
The peertube mascot looking over gothenburg One million hours in gimp
JigglySackles@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Man I want to move to Graphene so bad. I want all the google ripped out of my phone.
corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 5 weeks ago
If there’s an article with words, can you pass it along? I’m not inclined to go on a Google website and listen to someone slowwwwly tell me why Google is bad.
Life’s too short to listen to people who talk slow.
Vanilla_PuddinFudge@infosec.pub 5 weeks ago
one of us
one of us
one of us
Novocirab@feddit.org 5 weeks ago
That’s very cool indeed, although I dread the moment he starts talking to his followers about Lemmy.
Evotech@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
I’m sceptical of his steamde k hosting solution :p hope he has backup for his files too
socsa@piefed.social 5 weeks ago
No, stop, come back...
technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 weeks ago
That’s funny I’ve been DONE with poopoopie for a few years. Somehow people keep pushing this creep.
merde@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
enough with PewDiePie posts!
bobthened@feddit.uk 5 weeks ago
This guy is a Nazi, remember?
HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 weeks ago
Xanthobilly@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
This wound up being a much better watch than I thought.
0x0@lemmy.zip 5 weeks ago
Who?
rtxn@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
I’m sure all the reactions will be nothing but respectful and factual, and not riddled with decade-old festering emotions.
Engywuck@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
People listen to mister nobodies on the internet like they are prophets…
jerkface@lemmy.ca 5 weeks ago
Sooooo… he’s NOT leaving YouTube?
ddawg@lemmynsfw.com 5 weeks ago
Love this, although I think he will realise pretty quickly that hosting on his >!Steam deck!< might have some drawback haha (I’m thinking storage here)
lambalicious@lemmy.sdf.org 5 weeks ago
I’m done with Google! Watch me rant on Google’s Youtube! Earns me money!
So… yeah.
Why are we giving neonazis attention, again?
cobwoms@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 weeks ago
i don’t want to watch pewdiepie, can someone explain what’s his beef here
SendMePhotos@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Just downloaded it and skimmed by frames… Seems to be a list of reasons to degoogle. Mentions privacy, security, and how Google is extending fingers into everyone’s privacy by browser, password manager, wallet, phone, etc.
november@lemmy.vg 5 weeks ago
Guy’s an ass, but if this gets people on board with degoogling then good for him.
teawrecks@sopuli.xyz 5 weeks ago
He switched to linux a while back. Now he’s trying to switch as much of the rest of his digital life to FOSS/non-profit stuff. He advocates for duckduckgo, firefox, paid email, graphene os, selfhosted vaultwarden, nextcloud, anything but google maps, kodi, etc.
girthero@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
You had me unti kodi was lumped in with google maps?
lambalicious@lemmy.sdf.org 5 weeks ago
But not Youtube. Which is Google.
Curious.
Jessica@discuss.tchncs.de 5 weeks ago
Just throwing this out there, you can open the video and expand the description and there is a button you can click on to view the transcript of the video and then you can just copy that out into a text editor or read it right there