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

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 15 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Can you please expound on this?

I gave up on Amazon last year. I do without many things which is fine, but there are some things that are more difficult to find without them. I am still doing without as I'd like to figure it out for the long term.

Can you give examples of the vendors that supplant Amazon for you?

[–] [email protected] 29 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Not the person you asked, but generally I just go to the manufacturer website. Amazon is useful for it's pictures and an aggregate of similar products, but now it's usually just a catalog of stuff so I know what to look for

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

Plus then you can be far more certain you are not receiving a Chinese knockoff of your desired product

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

Home Depot, Staples, B&HPhoto (decent selection of general tech merch, but tons of photo/video)

As much as I dislike it, google shopping helps me find where I can pick things up locally.

There are things that I’ve been unsatisfied with the alternative options, or particular brands that only sell on Amazon, so I use it occasionally. But I don’t have a subscription to prevent the compulsion to use it.