I cancelled prime a while back and I've been mostly trying to order direct from manufacturers when possible. Costs more but I figure that's the price of not contributing to a known bad actor in some small way.
Thanks for the summary. I'll keep in in mind if I can't find a more direct route.
you can turn off ai and block ai content in ddg settings.
It all started careening downhill when they swapped to whatever marketplace crap is in place now. OG amazon was a revelation back in the day.