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Cancel Amazon Prime [2021] (archive.ph)

submitted 1 year ago by trashhalo@beehaw.org to c/technology@beehaw.org

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Amazon Prime is a remarkable success but also dystopian. It has made convenience and speed the norm, habituating consumers to buy more products. Prime's flywheel effect - where more customers lead to more data and scale which attracts more customers - has fueled Amazon's dominance. Prime subscribers spend twice as much and Amazon's value has multiplied 97 times since 2005. While canceling Prime may not hurt Amazon, it can benefit local businesses by gaining a new customer. However, Prime has rewired how people think about what is possible to obtain and how fast, making a Prime-free life unimaginable for many.

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[–] GravityAce@lemmy.ca 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Canceled it awhile ago. Generally, I can search it to know what kind of niche products are out there. Then either buy directly from the distributer or find it in a different place

[–] argv_minus_one@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

How do you avoid the distributor stealing your credit card?

[–] l0st_scr1b3@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That is way less common than you seem to think it is. Most online payments are fairly secure.

[–] argv_minus_one@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Last I heard, identity theft and credit card fraud were rampant. Did something change?

[–] doodimus@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

Most smaller shops use some well-known third party to handle the payments, and you can tell as you are redirected to their site when it's time to enter your card details. Some even use Amazon Pay if that's the only one you trust.

[–] noob_dragon@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

PayPal is always an option. If it isn't an option then nope the fuck out.

[–] argv_minus_one@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

PayPal itself has been caught stealing, if I recall correctly, so I'm not sure how that's supposed to be an improvement.