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

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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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Enekk@lemmy.world
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On the contrary, during the great formula shortage of 2021/2022, Amazon Prime and the recurring delivery option was the only way I was able to get formula for my twins. Speed was important l, but so was Amazon’s huge supply chain.

Since then, we live in a remote place and getting some stuff just isn’t possible at the one store near us. Amazon is really one of the best ways to get things we need. Now, of course, I hate them, but I also hate Walmart and don’t really have choices beyond those or a gas station convenience store.

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xionzui@sh.itjust.works
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The practices of those businesses, and people choosing them over other options, is exactly why you don’t have other choices now

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XeroxCool@lemmy.world
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And what should they do now? Protest it by not having any formula? Don’t victim blame

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Emerald@lemmy.world
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I agree. Buy formula, but not non-essential knick knacks that can be purchased for the same price on another website

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xionzui@sh.itjust.works
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I’m not blaming them. I acknowledged they may not have any other choice. Just pointing out the harms for the benefit of anyone with the option to do something about it

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lanolinoil@lemmy.world
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sorry twins – daddy isn’t a puppet of capitalism

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abraxas@sh.itjust.works
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It’s an extreme-case prisoner’s dilemma. For shoppers to prevent a Walmart/Amazon monopoly, people would have to both give up convenience AND affordability in hope that everyone else had the same radical values. There were PLENTY of boycotters for both, but they just weren’t anywhere near enough.

At some point, when you’re starving and Sam Walton comes by and offers you food your family can afford, you pull the trigger. And I don’t fault someone who does that.

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Jojo@lemm.ee
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For real. It would obviously be better if they didn’t use such destructive and predatory practices, but “vote with your dollars” isn’t an option for a lot of the people these businesses earn most of their money from.

It turns out that there is, in fact, a case to be made for regulation and labor organizations in these situations.

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