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It’s Surprisingly Easy to Live Without an Amazon Prime Subscription (slate.com)

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Living without amazon prime is easy; living without amazon at all is more challenging with various manufacturers using amazon as their only storefront

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Then the eff with them. If something isn't available retail, there's a million other online retailers more local, more specialized, or just plain out of the manufacturer itself.

You can live without. Or you help them becoming even more dominant.

Fight it. Fight them.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

We try to, but when you're living paycheck to paycheck, trying to find solutions to the moving target that is your wife's fibromyalgia, have a growing, energetic baby boy, sometimes you can't afford paying twice as much or more for the product that isn't sold on amazon, assuming such an alternative exists.

Unfortunately, lots of people can't afford to shop with a conscience

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago

Absolutely this. Blaming the consumer when the system has been rigged is a bad take

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

….so find different manufacturers. Why do you need those specific ones? Fuck Amazon, stop giving them money. What do they have to do to lose your business.