Youtuber PewDiePie is going all in on deGoogling and the Steam Deck is one of the surprising tools that's helping him to 'escape'
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some people in here are apparently perfect and don't believe others can grow and learn from their mistakes. what a childish self-centered perspective.
Yeah no... It's very easy to not behave like a fucking Nazi.
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Are there other incurable states of mind that would require people to be shunned forever?
Nope, just fascism.
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You're going to equate a word with being a Nazi and rape? Using a racial slur is literally a small subset of being a Nazi.
If you think calling people Jews was the big issue with the Nazis, well...
Didn't the dude literally dress up like a Nazi as a joke? Or am I misremembering.
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Worse. Steam is basically built on top of CEF, which is not much better than Electron.
It's amazing how deep Chromium (and web tech in general) got into everything. Microsoft - which I regarded for how light and well optimized Windows 8.1 was - went from using Chromium for Edge to using it basically everywhere. Latest observation is how you open Copilot app, chat a little and see how it eats 4 GB of RAM and lags like hell, on a higher end business laptop.
which I regarded for how light and well optimized Windows 8.1 was
I don't think I'm alone in saying "light" and "well-optimized" are not words that fit the Windows 8.1 experience.
Mediocre in almost all aspects is the best descriptor for 8.1 and honestly that's pretty generous given how bad 8.0 was
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Just to be clear: if someone has actively shown growth then I am all for them moving past shit (obviously the amount of growth required depends on the level of shitty before but). James Gunn being kind of the poster child for that where he was an edgelord dipshit when he was younger. But every time that comes up, almost everyone around him makes it clear that he has grown significantly and he owns up to it every time.
Like... look at idubbz. I, and many others, aren't sure if we can ever actually "forgive" him considering how much abuse we received because of people directly quoting his hate. But he also (at least briefly. Not sure what he has done since) made it a big point of actually APOLOGIZING. And... getting a lot of shit and hatred from other youtubers who refuse to apologize for their shittiness for whatever reason (shoutout to moistcritical for breaking his apolitical stance to aggressively insist Ian didn't need to apologize for slurs and bigotry...).
Contrast that with "he said the N word a lot a few years back but hasn't done it recently" with no indication beyond that.
Idubbbz is a perfect example of how to apologize and actually repent. He's been outspoken about how destructive his old behavior was, and has lost a big chunk of his viewer base over it.
From what I've seen, PewDiePie has done nothing close to that.
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Nope... It's literally just a placeholder to allow people in game mode to install chrome and access the Internet without having to switch to desktop mode.
Until they make a better way to add non-Steam shortcuts in game mode.
It literally explains it in the prompt.
Then that's like a totally avoidable thing. There is no Google Chrome there unless you want it to have it
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Never had any prompt for google services in 2+ years of owning a sd, i don't know why you're so affirmative about something you don't actually seem to be sure about
Because I also got this prompt the first time I used my Steam Deck, but I wasn't sure where I got it.
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Then that's like a totally avoidable thing. There is no Google Chrome there unless you want it to have it
Yes, exactly.
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Didn't the dude literally dress up like a Nazi as a joke? Or am I misremembering.
I'm not that familiar, tbh.
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He didn't really apologize at all. He brushed it off, moved on, and then everyone pretended like it didn't exist.
His PR machine worked hard to clean up his mess.
Imagine if JK Rowling's got quiet then two years later, came back and everyone gaslight you into saying they just went through a phase.
And yet, I'm the one getting heavily down voted.
I think your original argument just wasn't fully fleshed out. Seems you don't like the guy for a lot more reason than the one you gave, which might be legitimate.
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I love his new path in content. Seems like he grew up to be a positive influence in the ethical tech regard.
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which I regarded for how light and well optimized Windows 8.1 was
I don't think I'm alone in saying "light" and "well-optimized" are not words that fit the Windows 8.1 experience.
Mediocre in almost all aspects is the best descriptor for 8.1 and honestly that's pretty generous given how bad 8.0 was
It was basically a faster 7 (also less hungry). Universally hated Metro stuff can be get rid of easily. Plus it had better forward compatibility - I could run some apps that said to require windows 10 which I knew didn't work on 7.
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maybe this might revive Pewdiepie grow again???
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Yeah no... It's very easy to not behave like a fucking Nazi.
Why do you say that?
Look at all the so-called "subtle bigotry" that predominates western media and then ask yourself why you expect anything else.
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Because I also got this prompt the first time I used my Steam Deck, but I wasn't sure where I got it.
You'll get it once when you access Non-Steam library for thw first time. If you refuse it you'll never see it again
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I got this same prompt the first time I used my Steam Deck and I don't use Chrome at all, so no.
Hm, well that's a bummer
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Why do you say that?
Look at all the so-called "subtle bigotry" that predominates western media and then ask yourself why you expect anything else.
Bruh, he literally paid some people to wave a sign that said, "Death to all Jews." Link to Vox
"Subtle bigotry," my ass.
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So I decided to look up the article, and see what the defense was.
Here's the article: https://www.mediaite.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Screen-Shot-2019-09-19-at-16.04.33.jpg
And indeed, it does seem to be a Vetements piece he's wearing. I could not however find the exact outfit, but those are the Georgian designer's signature, in Georgian letters, which can be compared here:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demna_(designer)
In looking through some videos from that era, he is wearing multiple articles of clothing from Vetements which tracks. So it's not a one off piece of clothing he was wearing from that company.
As for the cross, it is a design used in Georgia, including on their traditional flags:
And it is known as a Bolnisi Cross
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolnisi_cross
And can even be found in ancient Georgian architecture, specifically with a circle around it:
It is similar to the German iron cross, except the iron cross always has white or iron bolding, which the Bolnisi Cross does not
(You can compare them in these search results: https://duckduckgo.com/?t=fpas&q=german+iron+cross&ia=images&iax=images)
PewDiePie's PR machine got you so good you're defending a multimillionaire for his BS.
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Funny how the comments in this thread went from "haha he's degoogling on YouTube?" to "do you believe in rehabilitation?" - "HE'S A NAZI!!!".
It truly feels like back in the good old Reddit days. You either get popcorn or your pitchfork. There's nothing in-between.
That's human nature. People are complicated, and everyone has negative and positive aspects to them (granted some have mostly negative or mostly positive traits). It's a lot easier to have a black and white opinion on people, either you really like someone or you really don't like someone. When dealing with thousands of famous people that you don't know, simplifying your opinion on them to a black and white opinion is a shortcut we take to keep from getting overwhelmed.
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Didn't the dude literally dress up like a Nazi as a joke? Or am I misremembering.
You're not misremembering.
He had a team scrub that off the internet and now a bunch of people have been gaslit.
