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It’s Surprisingly Easy to Live Without an Amazon Prime Subscription (slate.com)
submitted 9 months ago by AnActOfCreation@programming.dev to c/technology@lemmy.world
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  • 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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[–] 31337@sh.itjust.works 31 points 9 months ago (10 children)

This may be true at the moment, but Amazon can control how shitty the non-prime experience is.

Personally, I'm trying to avoid Amazon altogether. It's much worse now, and flooded with cheap defective shit. I've also been noticing that a lot of manufacturers don't sell on Amazon (guessing Amazon takes a big cut).

[–] wewbull@feddit.uk 9 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The quality of good is the big thing for me, and you can't discriminate through the reviews. They are all astroturfed.

Basically, if I can buy from anywhere else, then I will, but finding goods out there is harder now that web search is shit.

[–] FontMasterFlex@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

actually READ the reviews you can usually tell which ones are legit. and read the lowest ones first.

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