• glimse@lemmy.world
    3·
    12 days ago

    Just because PewDiePie switched to Linux doesn’t mean we should listen to his browser recommendations

    • Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      2·
      12 days ago

      True but he’s sparking more interest in FOSS so that’s still a good thing. I doubt his advice is perfect but if it gets more people started onto their own journey it’s a win.

    • FeelzGoodMan420@eviltoast.orgEnglish
      2·
      12 days ago

      People on Lemmy seem to be Pewdiepie bootlickers. Idk why but it’s really weird. Apparently you can do whatever but as long as you promote Linux, Lemmy will love you. Ridiculous.

    • kratoz29@lemmy.zip
      1·
      12 days ago

      And yet it uses less RAM in Android phones compared to my goat, Firefox… Man FF needs a lot of improvements, all my complaints come from Android, the browser is perfect even on macOS!

    • Epzillon@lemmy.world
      0·
      12 days ago

      Would you mind giving some context? Ive never used Brave, but my dad does. In which sense is it a “scam”? Would want him to switch if its terrible

      • Sonalder@lemmy.ml
        11·
        12 days ago

        People care more about CEO’s opinion on politics and hate Web3 crypto more than they understand technical browser stuff.

        Brave is far from perfect and the company had their contreveries but honestly if you disable all the cryptocrap and tweak it a tiny bit so it does not show you ads and feature you don’t use it is the best chromium browser in regards to security and privacy.

        Ungoogled chromium by default can’t even compare, it’s not crap but brave does so much more than it’s better for the vast majority of users.

  • AmanitaCaesarea@slrpnk.net
    31·
    12 days ago

    Ppl focusing on the negative. It’s just his subjective list. He doesn’t claim to be an expert. Lemmy autism peaking here. More exposure to foss is good guys

  • comfy@lemmy.ml
    31·
    12 days ago

    I know it’s been said, but Brave is a hard no. Replace it with Ungoogled Chromium. I haven’t seen the video so I don’t understand why it’s in the “not ideal for a normal human” list, and I am biased since I use plenty of “not for normal” tools.

  • Anna@lemmy.ml
    2·
    11 days ago

    Where’s ladybird

    Edit - I didn’t know about the Transphobia going on there. that is unjustifiable.

  • foremanguy@lemmy.ml
    1·
    12 days ago

    That’s a good find that famous people are getting into FOSS (should be free as in freedom too). But it’s really not a good thing that they spread a non expert speaking to the crowd.

    Tier lists are meant to be mainly subjective and pretty relative to the person that made it. In that way Pewdipie could quote experts but in no case should make a tier list based on what he found the last weeks (I didn’t fully watched the video so maybe I’m wrong and he made a big disclaimer)

  • M68040 [they/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
    1·
    12 days ago

    Wait. He hasn’t crumbled into dust or whatever these “Offputting guy with shit politics who has an inexplicable army of irritating tween fans” youtubers do when they’re past their shelf life? I thought he was irritating when I was in high school. That was…what, thirteen years ago now?

  • d-RLY?@lemmy.ml
    1·
    11 days ago

    No Zen-Browser (though I am not sure when this vid was made), and Pale Moon should be in the “Not ideal for a normal human” at best.

  • WQMann@lemmy.mlEnglish
    1·
    11 days ago

    Ngl, feel like his tier list is based on usability while avoiding big tech.

    Tbh even if this tierlist is not the best or great, it still is “good enough”. Plus the most important thing is to get tons of people interested.

    I rather have “good enough” tier list that reaches to millions of people, then have a perfect tierlist that only reaches out to less than a dozen people.

    Because amongst the millions of people who are interested, thousands of them will do their own research into privacy and dig deeper into it.

    Plus right now, the biggest weakness of privacy is the fact that our community is too small to make an impact.

    Having someone give this much outreach and influence to attract attention towards privacy is a good thing. (well, as long as their advice are on the positive end of the spectrum, and pewdiepie’s advise surely is, even if its not perfect)

  • Allero@lemmy.today
    1·
    12 days ago

    Brave? Hard no. Vivaldi? Also no.

    Also, where are qutebrowser and Zen?

    qutebrowser and IceCat are real top of the game when it comes to privacy. But then, they break some of the sites functionality, especially IceCat who seems to be going under the “if your site doesn’t work, it’s your site’s problem” motto.