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.
this post was submitted on 28 Jun 2025
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Idk. There's already plenty of right wingers (libertarians) in FLOSS spaces. I'd hate to see any more.
The problem with this is that it leaves left-leaning people using tech companies and slick, highly-produced products as status items. iphones and macbooks are still solid left-leaning status objects.
Also, the right doesn't mind being scrappy and using janky, poorly configured crap if it appears to meet their agenda. Nearly every right-leaning social media platform is either a platform with a Mastadon backend, or some early 2000's style forum.
There's plenty of neo-nazis in the Free Software movement. It's "Free Software", not "Free People"
sometimes it feels that there are more cryptofascists in the movement than other ideologies. luke smith is a prime example.
Nazis are everywhere, not just OSS. Never seen one in OSS though
Lunduke?
"right leaning" is one hell of a way to describe a fucking outright neo nazi...
I see a few people keep saying that, but how so? What has he done that's neo Nazis like? Not that I follow the guy or what he does so I may be missing things but the only controversy I can remember that could be considered Nazis like was when he paid some fiver people to make a video saying death to all Jews.
Now I get how that could be considered Nazi like but he said it was a joke and to show that people will do anything for money, and I believe him and thought the joke was funny. So I guess I'm a neo nazi too if that's it. Obviously it's a "bad" joke but but it was shocking in a funny way, atleast to me at the time. Given you're from hexbear I figured you'd find it funny too
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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.
I'm sorry no. He is not leaning more left he's just an opportunistic crypto fascist.
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Didn't do that for me, still believe in human rights and don't embrace the left wing. I believe in the freedom to make contracts with people without the government telling you that your profits are too high or whatever the left wing is pushing for
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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
Oh you even got the iWarning lol
What's this warning thing? (for those of us far outside of the Apple ecosphere)
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So glad that one of the largest youtubers is promoting Linux, FOSS and privacy :D
I think Microsoft's Windows 11 has done that far more effectively than any influencer
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I see that this is your own article, so I don't mean to disrespect your effort or intentions, but to hell with PewDiePie
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.
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