I don’t particularly watch/like PewDiePie, but he is joining the train and spreading the word, which is awesome. He is self hosting services and using GrapheneOS now.
Crazy to see people stating that they never saw a video of him, but I guess the intersection of his audience and the fediverse is predictably low, especially in a degoogle community.
His recent arc with Linux and now this are pretty nice though.
I think it’s a generational thing. Millennials especially slightly older ones have not really been exposed to this guy at all.
In fact, many of us have actively avoided him. 😂
Pretty good video. It’s not like he explains how to do anything or even picks very good software to begin with, but his genuine excitement is really all that’s required. Getting people interested is the important part, and they’ll learn much better by using their own motivation. This video also gives off a strong “I’m an idiot, and if I can do it you can do it” vibe which can be really reassuring to those who are just too intimidated to even dip their toe in.
My problem is that I feel like the idiot among idiots so I’m still intimidated by it. I want to eventually take the plunge, but I am genuinely so fucking stupid when it comes to tech that I’m afraid I will break something if I try, lol.
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He’s collected fuck you money ten times over from YouTube already. He can be done with everything and never work again.
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Well, that was the first PewDiePie video I’ve ever watched…
Strange that he didn’t mention leaving YouTube behind though!
It was like the first thing, he said he can’t escape that. But pretty much everything else.
I imagine he’s one who could ditch YouTube.
He could spin up his own PeerTube instance just for him to post to. Then tell everyone to follow him there and Mastodon. If only 20% of his audience does it, he’d still make out like a bandit.He gets a good chunk of money off YouTube.
Something tells me PewDiePie is not getting an invite to Nebula any time soon!
