You just have to put in a little more effort. I have avoided Amazon for a year now by buying from smaller shops found through price comparison portals. Also, I buy more stuff in the local brick-and-mortar shops. And I buy less bullshit. All in all, my live hasn’t gotten any worse.
H2207@lemmy.world 9 months ago
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mrpants@sh.itjust.works 9 months ago
The alternative is to do the action of not shopping at Amazon and then over time you’ll learn how to shop without it.
You don’t need to stop 100% immediately either but can wean yourself off of it.
I’ve not shopped on Amazon for like 5 years now. I just buy a lot less crap to be honest.
MeshPotato@lemmy.world 9 months ago
I buy a lot off eBay. Not that they’re perfect, but at least they’re not owned by Bezoz.
Chetzemoka@startrek.website 9 months ago
Get. A. Password. Manager. Dashlane is very easy to generate and save strong passwords for any site you shop on, plus it can save credit card details to autofill.
I haven’t purchased anything from Amazon in three years. Getting stuff directly from the manufacturer is a better experience for products where you know what brand you want anyway. Bookshop.org for books. Best Buy for electronics. Wayfair or Overstock for home goods. It’s genuinely not any less convenient when you consider the amount of trash and fake reviews you have to wade through on Amazon these days.
beetus@lemmy.world 9 months ago
A password manager doesn’t replace that Amazon is a marketplace with thousands up on thousands of products in one location for users to search through.
The person you are replying to is less thinking about entering passwords and more about “now my personal details are across multiple different services half of which I don’t remember their names”
spudwart@spudwart.com 9 months ago
“The price of convenience is always high.
Sometimes it is justified, sometimes it is not.
However, trading basic privacy protections for “but it’s so easy” is how the dark times happen. “
Replace ‘privacy protections’ with ‘human rights’, and once again my point stands.
MonkderZweite@feddit.ch 9 months ago
2 to 5 is enough. Specific shops depend on your location and interests of course. Use one of the often 10 or so different payment systems if you don’t want them to have credit card info.
Once my payment account was empty due to a large bill and Amazon wanted intrusive banking details for my very first Amazon purchase. Living fine without Amazon since then.
Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 9 months ago
There’s Walmart. I’m sure they haven’t done anything bad…
Cory_t_@lemmy.world 9 months ago
"Human trafficking is bad, but I’m not going to inconvenience myself over it.”