- The author canceled their Amazon Prime subscription on a whim and realized they didn’t really need it.
- Leaving Prime meant slower shipping but the author was happy to wait and still found the selection and delivery speed satisfactory.
- Many people love Prime for its fast shipping and convenience, but some readers expressed ambivalence and considered canceling.
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I had an issue recently where they sent me the wrong item (it was coded wrong in their system- their fault) and when I contacted support they wanted me to either be at home for an entire day for them to pick up the item or have me take it to a drop off location for them, then wait for several weeks for the return to be processed.
Yup. I stopped using Amazon for anything but maybe searching the closest thing to a unified search engine for goods, and when I find good information or a product I need, I will find somewhere else to buy it.
Turn Amazon into a search engine. Buy somewhere else.
I can’t imagine being such a simpleton that this is a revalation worthy of a write up
The crap people write nowadays.
It’s surprisingly easy to live without any subscription. I don’t have any. If you’re tech savvy you can either block most ads that subscriptions give you, or bypass the service entirely and get free premium or just dl videos/music etc.
And as the services get worse there’s little incentive to actually keep a subscription. Netflix is becoming pretty dogshit for example.
I’ve been on the student discount for almost 7 years now so I’ve been paying half price for it, but I also like it cuz I watch a decent amount of shows. That being said, I could totally cancel for a month or two and not even notice it.
I been anti-amazon for about 5 years now.
Nothing lost or needed. If I need something I go to local store to find it.
My only issue with Amazon is tools that uses their cloud services and Twitch. But since last December I decided to switch to YouTube with ad blocker.
Planning on de-google and de-microsoft within the next two years.
yeah same for me, about five years.
it’s not just that i can still get what i need. it’s also that i just ‘need’ way less shit.
i think i realized i had a problem when my brother in law made fun of me for having an 8-port USB charger on my bedside table (with a single cable for my phone plugged into it).
There’s weird stuff I can’t find anywhere else or they’re on sites that I don’t trust my payment info with. Otherwise, planning ahead takes care of shipping times.
I use privacy.com to guard my actual payment data. Works amazibg
Just be aware of the Plaid issue!
There’s weird stuff I can’t find anywhere else or they’re on sites that I don’t trust my payment info with.
This have a simple solution: generate a virtual credit card with just the amount you need for the transaction.
There is no need to buy anything from those fucks ever
TBH, the games and books provide enough worth for me. Got the newest Dean Koontz book at the beginning of this month.
I get the 1 month free trial every 9 months or so lol
I thought this meant the writer is forgoing Amazon as a service completely.
Cause that would be something worth reading. Not these first world problems ffs
I’ve never had one. I’ve never bought anything from Amazon.
I’m fine.
I’ve been living without it my whole life so I guess it’s possible
I had amazon prime for free for 10 years. It was free for students back then. Then i finished uni and they never bothered to check. This went on for a very long time. Only 2 years ago they killed the subscription and i never subscribed again.
You mean to tell me Amazon prime hasn’t been around since the dawn of life on earth???
I wanted to cancel Prime for a long time due to all the creeping enshittification. The last straw were ads on the Fire TV boot screen (I switched to Shield TV Pro) and the notice that ads were coming on Prime Video. I immediately canceled after that mail. 90 EUR less from me. Next incentive: order less.
