can already tell this is gonna be the most insufferable comment section of all time
Submitted 2 weeks ago by Ek-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.social to selfhosted@lemmy.world
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nL-Eq1lpDU
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sunglocto@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
Linearity@infosec.pub 2 weeks ago
Wtf is wrong with this place, why is everyone fighting
And why does it seem like they all hate Pewdiepie?UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
And why does it seem like they all hate Pewdiepie?
He took a fascist turn during Trump 1 and never really recovered his image. Got into a bunch of weird exploitative shit, not unlike Mr Beast. The most notable being when he tested the Fiverr service and paid five dollars to get Indian freelance actors to laugh and show a sign saying ‘Death to all Jews’.
After that, he started getting deplatformed and his following fell off considerably. So, like a bunch of other has-been YouTube starlets, he decided to get even more edgy and reactionary, further poisoning his image. It’s the same death spiral Russell Brand and Rob Schneider took.
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
I’m old. I never understood the appeal of that cunt.
MolochAlter@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
This is a site populated of the too edgy or too contrarian for Reddit, with the same flaws in incentive systems as Reddit, why are you surprised lol.
Smaile@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
lot of old farts on here that never grew up on youtube, just ignore the old heads and people who think there to highspeed to have ever enjoyed his videos.
orochi02@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
You mean Here on fedi?
gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
I think he’s a tool, but credit where it’s due: it’s great that he’s supporting the movement, and he does have a huge following.
aksdb@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Maybe he’s the right tool for the job
gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
mastertigurius@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I don’t think he’s as dumb as he seems in some videos. His persona and mannerisms are very much a pan-Scandinavian thing. To me it’s a throwback to the early 00’s, when we filled our brains with plenty of Jackass, Blink 182 and Eric Cartman.
chrislowles@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
His Filthy Frank/Pink Guy aping years are definitely evident of that lol, beastmaster64 swimming into the sea to catch a Pokemon made for some funny moments.
Lets_Disco@retrolemmy.com 2 weeks ago
I totally missed him being a Youtube jackoff and only watched my first Pewdiepie video last year when he was degoogling. Because I was doing that at as well. Then saw his Linux video and that made me realise Linux was for me.
So while people might think he’s some sort of douche, to me he’s just fucking brilliant! So funny and smart, and really wants to help people escape from the awful internet we have now, where everything is sucking up your data. He gives great advice on how to do that and does it in such a funny way.
People keep menyioning his redemption arc lol, but i’ve just seen the great stuff so for me, abs love his stuff! Highly recommended!
Best thing for Linux, having such a huge Youtuber praising it so much!
boonhet@sopuli.xyz 2 weeks ago
Well he’s 36 now. Think he’s realized that it’d be cringe to behave like a teenager for much longer and his original fans are all adults now anyway, so he’s decided to aim his new videos at them rather than getting new teenage fans. Put it this way, he had 100 million subscribers 7 years ago, he has 110 million now. One has to assume his average subscriber age has risen a lot in recent years.
Honestly great that this is how it’s gone. I find him way more relatable now than when his fame was at peak.
Lets_Disco@retrolemmy.com 2 weeks ago
I like that you like him now… But i don’t think the main reason he’s become cool now is due to him… not wanting to be cringe lol.
Obv yeah the audience n he grew but it sorta takes agency away from him by knowing its all bullshit haha. Like yes, he’s a huge YouTube star but he’s also now huge advocate or privacy, security and mental health.
He’s not just doing this cos he doesnt wannabe cringe.
RobotToaster@mander.xyz 2 weeks ago
There’s some irony in that sponsor block has to block four segments of the video.
realitaetsverlust@piefed.zip 2 weeks ago
I don’t think there’s any irony in people trying to make money with their work. And I’d much much MUCH rather have them insert multiple sponsors in a video that I can just skip over than worry about ads and their constant tracking.
0_o7@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
The irony is making boatloads of money and then pulling up the ladder behind him while he can make his money anyhow, because he’s already got a critical base under him.
cartridgedream@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
The people hating on him clearly haven’t seen much of his content lately. He’s grown up and has his life together pretty well now. If you think nobody is deserving of a second chance then you do you, nobody is forcing you to watch his content. I honestly love his redemption arc and I’ve watched some of his content lately and really enjoyed it. And good for him that he likes self hosting and is doing all these pc DIY projects.
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
he dint really accept his/or dealt with the consequences, he merely fled to japan to avoid and waited til all the drama died down, he mostly isnt on a redeeming arc, everyone just forgot about him.
NostraDavid@programming.dev 2 weeks ago
he dint really accept his/or dealt with the consequences,
- He publically apologized for it (no ukulele though, which is how you know it’s a fake apology)
- He didn’t do it again
What else would you want him to do?
And what consequences are you specifically talking about?
nandeEbisu@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Over the years I think I care less about some public apology or statement to accept that a creator has moved past old behavior (I assume you’re talking about the bridge, I don’t really follow PewDiePie).
We see too many fake apologies and if it’s been some time, apologizing just gives an opportunity for viewers to dogpile when someone is trying to move past something.
I think if it’s been a few years and he’s clearly shown to have grown past it, that’s enough for me. You never really know what a content creator’s private beliefs are just how they choose to use their public persona.
Ek-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
People moved on long before he moved to Japan, or at least most people, there are still some that hate him for a mistake he made many years ago.
People can change and grow up and deserve second changes, I grew up racist just because of my environment, but as I got older I grew out of that and saw that it’s wrong and hurts and divides people.
Am I also unremarkable because of what I used to be like before my brain was fully formed?
creation7758@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
I’ve never seen piewdiepie before his Linux journey. What did he do and what consequences does he deserve?
DonutsRMeh@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Self-hosting is a literal addiction. lol
I started with just an invidious instance and now I have my own audiobooks app that I’m also turning into a navidrome client. Did I say jellyfin and pihole, too?Ek-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
It really is 😅
I never thought that I’d want to spend my Saturdays fiddling with servers, but here I am
MaggiWuerze@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
If you have bought audiobooks on audible that you would like to add to your own server, I can recomment Libation or this great docker image of it that comes with vnc so you host it headlessly on your server hub.docker.com/r/ceramicwhite/libation
DonutsRMeh@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Thank you. But Amazon will never taste a penny of my money. All of my books are downloaded from YouTube in the form of mp3 then converted to m4b.
Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
Pihole, then Jellyfin here.
I now have way too much IT stuff on my room :D
NannerBanner@literature.cafe 2 weeks ago
I’m curious, is self-hosting invidious even worth it? Youtube can still see every video you pull through, right, and now it’s linked to a static ip address associated with you?
muxika@piefed.muxika.org 1 week ago
Invidious is certainly worth it, even though you lose live feeds at the moment. You can even remove comments and trending. If you want to subscribe to a channel, you can do it without YouTube.
DonutsRMeh@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I do it for iPhone and iPad for my wife (and me occasionally when I use an iPad) to watch YouTube since the official app is riddled with ads and a browser isn’t a good experience for her. She’s been loving Yattee.
Epzillon@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
6€ a month for a VPS with self-hosted VPN :) I run all my self-hosted applications on my laptop but run it all through my VPS
melfie@lemy.lol 2 weeks ago
Ha, yeah, I started on a Raspberry Pi 4 and now have spent over $2k on my server.
DonutsRMeh@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Damn. That’s a lot of money. I actually didn’t spend anything on the hardware. I have a friend who gave me a dell optiplex he was about to throw away and a 2 bay Synology NAS with 8TB storage already on it when he upgraded. Been using them for 3 years now. The optiplex now runs Debian server, and the SynNAS is mounted to it as a mass storage for my stuff.
LSNLDN@slrpnk.net 2 weeks ago
Yeah I started my journey with an old laptop but I found the precariousness of it all too stressful, always in more fear I’m gonna lose my photo library so just stuck with the cloud in the end. Nice knowing it’s there for when I need it
DonutsRMeh@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Fully understand that. I still pay google $10 a month for 2TB storage for that reason alone.
jak0b@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
I love everything he has been doing recently. He is a master of story telling and goes surprisingly far into solving technology challenges, while keeping it fun and real. What an amazing transformation really
Burghler@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
He did already have a background vocationally in this space so it wasn’t a transformation from nothing. Great stuff nonetheless!
Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
Didnt know pewds is breaching into the tech sphere (from gaming).
Do I need to sub him now? :pEk-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
His redemption arch is in full swing.
He has a video on “I switched to Linux, and you should too” and a geGoogle video
LSNLDN@slrpnk.net 2 weeks ago
Love what you did there. Arch btw
Obi@sopuli.xyz 2 weeks ago
Beyond his interest in FOSS and privacy, he’s also just mellowed out a ton, the dude is in his mid (late?) thirties and you can tell.
SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Dude is also wealthy as fuck. That helps a ton.
Havatra@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
His Japan & family vlogs are also really chill - he has become much more chill and proper. If you remember him from when he got big on YouTube 10 - 15 years ago, he was a completely different person!
rumba@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
Mixed results.
He’s less annoying than he was covering gaming, he has some occasional hot takes, but I think overall he’s a positive influence.
JasSmith@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
I’ve never been into his content but I really enjoyed his journey to build a better local LLM. Way more technical than I thought he was capable of.
SleeplessCityLights@programming.dev 2 weeks ago
I never cared for any of his crap until last year when he deep dived into tech. The tech videos are good, he is a generally entertaining person. The dude has unlimited time and too much money, so he gets crazy deep in the weeds. It some ways I would say he is more competent that a lot of engineers. The self-hosted LLM videos are a good start.
quick_snail@feddit.nl 2 weeks ago
My printer said I should
Padit@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
I dont really understand, is it possible to block JUST the shorts on Youtube? Any idea where i can find more about that?
I dont want to leave youtube just yet, but occasionally the shorts are melting my brain.
spicehoarder@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
Okay, since I haven’t seen anyone mention it yet, you can block shorts using unlock origin. You can block pretty much any component on any website.
thermal_shock@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Smarttube will block shorts, works best on TVs and large screen devices.
YouTube revanced will as well, make sure you download the right one, lots of fakes out there.
old.reddit.com/…/simplest_way_to_get_the_official…
Not sure if you can filter out shorts within browsers with something like u lock origin filters, may need to look into it.
Shorts are literally brainrot. Fuck tiktok, fuck shorts.
tio_bira@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Wasn’t his n*zi prank and all his racist shit who began the youtube downhill ?
I genuine asking, i’m not from u.s. and never watched a single video from him in all my life, i only knew him from have the youtube channel with most suscribers and the clip on PUBG bridge.
LodeMike@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
I block minuses too
peacefulpixel@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
you do not have to hand it to nazis fun fact
Skullgrid@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I don’t understand what’s going on with this redemption arc
brachiosaurus@mander.xyz 2 weeks ago
You are advertising a youtube video
schwim@piefed.zip 2 weeks ago
I love to get the important self-hosting and ad-blocking info from my favorite anti-semite.
hzl@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
Fuck this nazi bag of shit.
SuspiciousCatThing@pawb.social 2 weeks ago
Love Pewds :D
WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
He really went far from the Misogynist, racist piece of shit that made rape jokes, and who’s humor consisted of saying pussy every second line.
HubertManne@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
pewdiepie is one of the modern celebraties that it kinda annoys me that I recognize the name. I feel like if I had not been a nerd and somehow I knew who captain kirk was even though I did not like sci fi. if I was not a nerd. I certainly like sci fi and know who captain kirk is.
ZombieCyborgFromOuterSpace@piefed.ca 2 weeks ago
I have no idea who this guy is. I’ve seen his name float around on the internet but never knew what he did.
AceOnTrack@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
He can start by removing himself from YouTube.
yardratianSoma@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
Good on him for this. I started self-hosting a couple years back, so my “tech fence” is already fairly complete, with a few glaring omissions, still a WIP.
I do wish he got someone to provide links to guides or wiki pages, but I understand that making people go out and search for things is also important, even if it’s a simple task to search on google/github for open source projects.
melroy@kbin.melroy.org 2 weeks ago
Blocking Ads*
Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Could swear I saw that last year or the year before
paraphrand@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Many Welps left side
Surp@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
If you don’t wanna watch the video it seems it’s all about this unhook.app
glitchdx@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
good?
I’ve never cared for this jackhole, but a douchbag doing good is a win in my book.
libre_warrior@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
Pewdiepie> doing dogwhistle for nazi and fascist stuff
backlash apologize never doing it again for 10 years lemmy> he is a nazi, burn him!
down with the pitchforks the man made a grave mistake a decade ago but he has moved away from the wrong path long time ago
it’s time to give the man a break not to forget but to forgive
Sunny@slrpnk.net 2 weeks 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.
cecilkorik@piefed.ca 2 weeks 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 2 weeks ago
What redemption? Where are his fediverse channels at?
hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
Sometimes infinite monkeys do write the source code for doom and run it on a thermometer
teawrecks@sopuli.xyz 2 weeks 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.
fushuan@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
If they are at that level of critical thinking they would not have survived Linux anyway so, idc.
QuandaleDingle@lemmy.world 2 weeks 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.
NannerBanner@literature.cafe 2 weeks ago
ugh, tell me that if this bullshit with systemd and age verification isn’t true.
zbyte64@awful.systems 2 weeks 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 2 weeks 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.
Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Her helped usher in this new enshittification. He was the Trojan horse. First one to reach a million
real_squids@sopuli.xyz 2 weeks ago
you think he has influence over youtube’s business model decisions?
Bloomcole@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
fuck you
starik@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
☹️
brachiosaurus@mander.xyz 2 weeks 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 2 weeks ago
Do you get enough oxygen in that large intestine you live in?
Take the win and move on.
Sunny@slrpnk.net 2 weeks ago
Dunno about “huge ad” exactly… There arent that many of us here lol.
Magnum@infosec.pub 2 weeks ago
It is true, I think so too. I never really watched any of his content, his racist and toxic comments in the past make it hard to recommend it to anyone, but his two or three tech videos were decent for a normie targeting normies. In total, he is bug enough, that I think its a net profit for the cause.
NostraDavid@programming.dev 2 weeks ago
He mended his ways, and didn’t do it again. What else do you want him to do, to atone for his sins?