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[–] KHROMATIKAL@lemmy.ml 6 points 7 hours ago

Stop sharing and platforming the nazi

Also, this tierlist sucks fucking balls

[–] Squizzy@lemmy.world 4 points 8 hours ago

Never seen anoyone rank brave alongside or even above standard firefox.

No Mull?

[–] Sunny@slrpnk.net 32 points 22 hours ago

This is a random screenshot he used in hos video for roughly 2 seconds. This is not his tierlist.

[–] 6R1MR34P3R@lemmy.ml 23 points 22 hours ago

Not of his. This is a known widespread tierlist made by other person (I do not remember if this came from Reddit, a YT video or what, but it is well known)

[–] Censed@lemmy.zip 11 points 1 day ago

I've looked into it and it's not even his tier list, just one he found online.

[–] numblyscabbyeach@lemmy.zip 4 points 20 hours ago

I couldn't care less about what this character says.

[–] basilisa@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

It makes a lot of sense for someone like him to promote brave tbh

[–] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 4 points 14 hours ago

He did not promote it though. He said he uses firefox.

[–] WQMan@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

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)

[–] RichardDegenne@lemmy.zip 7 points 23 hours ago

Sir, this is 2025, we don't do nuanced opinions here anymore.

[–] glimse@lemmy.world 130 points 1 day ago (4 children)

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

[–] killerscene@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 14 hours ago

not his recommendations

[–] Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 37 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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.

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[–] XTL@sopuli.xyz 146 points 1 day ago (20 children)

Brave is a series scam company.

[–] Octagon9561@lemmy.ml 26 points 1 day ago

Exactly I'd even use Chrome before I'd ever touch Brave.

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[–] ech@lemm.ee 41 points 1 day ago (5 children)

What exactly has he done to warrant considering this? He's a yt star, not a privacy expert.

[–] killerscene@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (1 children)
[–] ech@lemm.ee 3 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

Somehow even less useful, since the source can't even be verified.

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[–] axont@hexbear.net 36 points 1 day ago (2 children)

It's vitally important to know which browser is preferred by the guy who says slurs to an audience of children

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[–] AmanitaCaesarea@slrpnk.net 15 points 1 day 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 59 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

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.

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[–] Censed@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 day ago (4 children)

I kinda think Floorp is better than waterfox

[–] Pandasdontfly@slrpnk.net 1 points 20 hours ago

Floorp is amazing

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[–] mr_MADAFAKA@lemmy.ml 37 points 1 day ago (1 children)

that is not his list, just a random screenshot.

[–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 25 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yeah i just checked the video and it appeared for like 2 seconds as a side note. He never even tried Brave apparently.

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[–] morphballganon@mtgzone.com 1 points 21 hours ago

Seeing a lot of criticisms. Is there a better tier list then?

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 31 points 1 day ago

... I don't think listening to random big influencers is a good way forward (in anything).

(As to the list - others already pointed out everything, y'all nerds know shit! <3)

[–] M68040@hexbear.net 15 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day 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?

[–] foremanguy92_@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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)

[–] Jarix@lemmy.world 1 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (1 children)

If you watch the video, Felix tells you twice in the same sentence that he uses Arch.

Lemmy had taught me that this means Felix IS an expert on FOSS

[–] foremanguy92_@lemmy.ml 2 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

How sorry didn't know, so that make him really one of the biggest expert in FOSS 100%

[–] Jarix@lemmy.world 1 points 10 hours ago
[–] Allero@lemmy.today 27 points 1 day ago (11 children)

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.

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[–] dRLY@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 day 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.

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