TLDR: quit Prime, you don't need it and it's probably not even worth it.
I quit Amazon Prime a month ago (after having it for over a decade) due to Bezos/Amazon's actions regarding this administration/WaPo/in general.
I haven't missed Prime at all. I easily find local or niche online stores to buy things. A lot of them have free shipping, too.
Even if your concern is just having it for something like Christmas or an upcoming event- you can just subscribe to Prime later for the single month you need it, then cancel again. You don't need to be paying them so much every year.
If you consider the high price of an annual membership, it might not even make financial sense to keep using it. I actually had to buy something on Amazon after canceling, and once I passed a certain $ threshold the shipping was free anyways, without Prime.
You may have it stuck in your head that Amazon Prime is some essential membership, something you must always have. It's not. Vast majority of you reading this could go and unsubscribe right now and not even miss it.
Originally Posted By u/SomewhereNo8378 At 2025-03-16 05:34:22 PM | Source
Haha dude I’m American. You sound so ridiculously dramatic. There are still tons of stores in existence that you can shop from. And if you can’t or don’t want to shop local, just order what you’re looking for from the manufacturers website. Most of them have free shipping that’s just as fast as Amazon. I’m telling you as an American, you don’t need Amazon. They want you to think you do, but you don’t
Thanks for reminding me you know my city better than I do, and dismissing my efforts to do just what you're suggesting.
Sorry, you’re right. You need Amazon. How awful life would be without it. All hail Amazon. Long live Amazon. Praise be to Amazon.
Binary, yay. You can tell that I love amazon by the way I talk about it.