So now I'm conflicted about pewdiepie/ pewdiepie's fans

Earlier today I came over a friend's house and saw his brother watch pewdiepie. My friend started calling pewdiepie a retard and said "those who watch him are or will end up being like him too." I later got a chance to talk with his brother alone and this is exactly what he told me:

"I like his videos, they lighten up my days. I used to have no friends and felt like a piece of trash all the time, now I can live my day and look forward to his videos. I also make more friends too since there are other kids who watch pewds like I do."

As someone who suffered depression in a brief period of time during middle school, what he said really hit me. If what pewdiepie and/or other LPers do are entertaining those kids and keeping them away from depression, he should be praised for it. His products/ videos might not have the best quality on Youtube or there are other LPers who are better than him in terms of personality or quality, but his works does affect kids positively. Yes, he earns loads of money from doing youtube and whether or not he deserves it is debatable, but eventually it seems like more a win-win situation for both him and his fans.

And about his fans, yes some of them are cray cray. However, if he's one of only few things that help kids get through tough time, it is extremely likely that they would defend him in great capacity and react voluminously to any criticisms against him. Unless there's a way to cure every kid on the planet from depression, feeling like nothing, and identity crisis, it'd still be understandable for pewdiepie's fans to be this "inordinate."

So what do you guys think? I am still not having any prejudice or bias towards him except one fact which is I admire that he entertains and cheers up lots of people, some of them have been having a tough time.

Note: All of this are made based on my personal moral ground. Understandable/ comprehensible acts may or may not mean it's plain wrong or right.

Also: I am hiring a portal 2 test maker for my next giveaway. Post the link of your most well received test and I will contact the person with he most impressive test based on its rating/ number of favorites.

Also also, this can apply to other LPers too. For example: Tobuscus.

Also also also, I do watch let's play (mainly those made by Cryaotic and The Best Friends Zaibatsu). I do watch videos from other channels too but in term of gaming, the two previously mentioned channels are pretty much it. I'm more of a news and science facts guys so reality check and the what if machine, all made by gamespot, are two of my most favorite series on youtube.