Damn 100 comments of a solid circle jerk as one would expect in anything Foss.
Good job, hit the showers retards!
this post was submitted on 28 Jun 2025
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The fact that PewDiePie might have a right-leaning following, that he acquired by himself leaning right, which he now exposes to Freedom, using Libre Software, might actually be a good thing. Since exposing yourself to the philosophy of Free Software eventually leads to human rights and thus to the left, in a way. If PewDiePie course-correcting to the left like this, taking his enormous subscriber-base with him, IMO it is very good.
There's plenty of neo-nazis in the Free Software movement. It's "Free Software", not "Free People"
Nazis are everywhere, not just OSS. Never seen one though
i feel like you missed the time between 1990 and 2005 when american libertarians caused a schism in the free software movement by popularising open source.
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There is evidence already in that video that suggests that he is starting to lean more left. Like he pointed out the ecological issues with AI. Even though he did say "I don't like to be that guy" before saying that.
It seems like he is already doing some doubts and thinking that are signs of moving the left direction.
I'm trying to be the optimist here. If we want not just PewDiePie, but his subscribe-base to change sides, we need him to be extra careful and extra soft with this sort of change. He seem to know how to form good streams of thoughts and convincing narratives. This would take some serious carefulness on his part. And it seems like he is already taking small steps to do that.
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What in the UX war crime is this for me to read an article. It’s like the polar opposite of for-profit media trying so hard that it’s just looped around on itself
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So glad that one of the largest youtubers is promoting Linux, FOSS and privacy :D
You're platforming a genuine nazi. Shut.
yeah I had been wondering about that. has he done more nazi shit since making people say "Hitler was right" and Holocaust denial shit on fiver?
💀💀💀 are you fr rn
"Well, the nazi hasn't done [extremely nazi shit] after public backlash without apology. So he's not a nazi lol"
Please touch grass
yes, I don't pay attention to or care about PewDiePie specifically because of that Nazi shit he did, that I mentioned above.
the reason I dont know is because I been touching grass instead of gluing my eyes to popular let's players and talking heads.
did he do more Nazi shit after that time? and uh, where did I say he wasn't a Nazi? I didn't.
No.
Anyone with a platform can do that.
(And from the little bits I've seen, mostly over memes & various news bits, the quality is questionable. Just don't follow the whims of influencers, it's not the correct way forward imho, it just inevitability leads to or spreads enshitification.)
I disagree, but I don't know why. Intuitively it doesn't feel like this is a bad thing. The people that "get it" will be introduced to something that they like and will go down the good path. The people that don't get it, won't. Just like they weren't before. Net profit: we turned some people towards the light. 🤷♂️ I see it as a win.
We don't have to use the same method on all people either. This might work for some, but not all, surely.
I don't really understand the enshittification spreading part of your argument. Curious to know more about what you meant by that.
Monetisation & financial motivations.
That dude is no foss champion, at best just some user. If MS gives him money Windows & Edge will be the best
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