PewDiePie has switched to Linux
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Interesting, I kind of assumed that he'd been long forgotten by the YouTube crowd, but he's still the number 10 top youtuber going by how many subscribers he has.
So, this may actually have an impact on Linux perception, but I'd wager with people in PewDiePie's age group more than younger people. He's 35, a lot closer to my age than expected.
If I sound like an idiot it's because I never followed PewDiePie except for watching him scream and flail in Dark Souls that one time.
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I may be wrong, but I think his content was more for a younger audience? I don't have many examples, but the people I remember seeing watching his stuff were around 5-10 years old
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That sounds entirely plausible to me. Once again, when it comes to PewDiePie, I have no idea what the fuck I am talking about.
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PewDiePie is a Nazi
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Indeed, I looked it up and it seems he has said a lot of specifically antisemitic stuff over the years
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10-16. It was mostly edgy content but not as edgy as leafy.
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I'm glad one more person discovered Linux is good in 2025.
I'm a random person too and I discovered Linux in 1993. Where's my 15 minutes of fame?
Oh right, I'm not a Youtuber...
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My gosh people... this... this might be the year of Linux on the desktop!
(not even being sarcastic here, the reach streamers have is huge. I bet a lot of their audience is thinking now "Wow... if he did it, maybe I could!")
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As much as I absolutely hate PewDiePie with every fiber of my being, this is probably the best thing that could happen to Linux's mainstream popularity. That dude's got so many followers that it'll get a lot of people interested.
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But his prime was like 10 years ago? So they are like in their mid twenties now.
The "subscribe to pewdipie" mass shooting was in 2019, 6 years ago, and he was already a household name at that point
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Unfortunately Pewdiepie fans in 2025 aren't the type of person you want more of in any community.
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You can game “now” ? 🤨
I’m too old for these YouTube nerds.
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You can game “now” ? 🤨
Well, you can… in fact you you could also before… but it's technically correct
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Were they ever?
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I mean it's easier and vastly more compatible than it was even a couple years ago thanks to the proton devs.
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A few years ago I could see this but doesn't he just do family content now?
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What's wrong with PewDiePie? I thought he was a wholesome guy? I haven't watched him in a while i confess.
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I mean, he was partnered with Disney before "the bridge incident" too...
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he did a stream in an SS uniform, he has said the n-word (as an insult) during streams, his earliest content was all about screaming "rape", and he paid people on fiverr to hold up signs saying "death to jews". he was never wholesome.
however, he did these things not out of reflex but because he cultivated an audience that want it. it was mutual radicalization.
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I don't think he is or was a nazi. I think he made lots of dark fucked up jokes like many other major youtubers. For example: iDubbzz, Filthy Frank, and h3h3. I think he regrets it like many of his fans who laughed at those dark jokes. I laughed at lots of fucked up shit I find very distastful now. People grow up, people change.
