I only have it because I have prime for shopping. If they were separate fees, I would not have streaming.
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dinckelman@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Cancel your sub and don’t renew it. This shit will only continue getting worse if people continue paying for it
BassTurd@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 month ago
If you live near a regional transportation hub it probably won’t make a difference on your delivery times. We dropped prime when our “1 day” deliveries kept turning in 3 day deliveries and never saw a difference.
And honestly a lot of the stuff I used to get on there isn’t even cheaper on Amazon anymore. Half the time if I check the manufacturer website they’re having a sale or have no shipping costs or cover returns longer, something like that. YMMV, you know your situation and needs better than me.
barsquid@lemmy.world 1 month ago
You may as well buy from Aliexpress if you are shopping on Amazon. The only difference is the price and the transit time.
JCreazy@midwest.social 1 month ago
Aliexpress is great for the cheap useful stuff for around the house.
freebread@lemm.ee 1 month ago
I’m about 6 years completely Amazon-free. A key component of the switch was realizing a lot of the random stuff I’d buy (mostly cycling equipment) is cheaper on eBay with faster shipping. The irony is that the seller is likely the same one on Amazon and the items would be delivered by Amazon Fulfillment Services.
Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 month ago
I’ve been going back to eBay more recently as well! If anything I feel more confident that what I get on eBay is going to actually match the listing, since AFAIK they don’t do the same insane “jumble all items with the same ID code together in a bin and hope all the sellers were honest about it being real” system Amazon uses.
altima_neo@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
For me its kinda worth it. I can can next day or same day delivery, which is kinda nice when Im an impatient ass. Also I share it with my family, so we all make use of it.
If it were just me, definitely would not be worth it.
CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
This doesn’t work for me. Regional hub is 20 miles from me. Two day shipping is now just "free shipping over $35 and takes a week to arrive.
I agree with your other points though. Amazon isn’t the cheapest option anymore. My local Walmart is actually better. I know Walmart is still a shit company but still…better in terms of getting what I need.
Salix@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
I live near multiple regional hubs. I have no subscription myself. It takes them 4-7 days to get my package to me.
My friends who live on the same block as me gets them in 1-2 days with their prime memberships
slurpinderpin@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Yep I still get my orders in 2 days, free shipping. Haven’t had prime in 2 years
themeatbridge@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Same, and even that is getting worse. I feel like I have to fight with the search algorithm to actually find what I want for the best price. Most of the time, I could order something better from another retailer for a better price and still get free shipping. They don’t even do free returns anymore.
altima_neo@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
I notice a lot of stuff has paid shipping if you dont order the correct stuff.
themeatbridge@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Yep, you have to filter for free shipping. You also have to filter for fast shipping, or you might get some “Two day shipping (ships in two weeks)” bullshit. And then you have to mentally filter out the “sponsored” results which may not be what you’re looking for at all. Searching for a hard to find hat size? Top result is perfect, has free same day shipping, and is a reasonable price. Oops, except when you click on it, you have to pick a different size, which isn’t available in that color, costs more, snd ships out of Mongolia.
Fuck Amazon Prime.
Although Fallout was good.
shalafi@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Same. And I still steal Prime videos. Why hassle?
BassTurd@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Just because I have the service doesn’t mean I don’t also have backups some items.
dukethorion@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I hope they know I’m not watching anything on their platform.
UltraMagnus0001@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I started acquiring my prime videos elsewhere even though I have prime
shalafi@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Say it out loud. We’re both pirating content we’ve paid for. What a dumb system.
kakes@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
“vampire.”
ShepherdPie@midwest.social 1 month ago
I’ve done the same with Netflix for years and previously had the 4 streams 4k plan up until they implemented their bullshit password sharing rules. Now I have the $6.99 plan and only keep it because my MIL babysits for us and likes to watch all the K dramas on there.
Cosmos7349@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I deleted my Amazon account a couple years ago and haven’t looked back. Everyone has their own needs, but I’m just letting you know: it can be done!
dmtalon@infosec.pub 1 month ago
Did it this last cycle. Didn’t renew, don’t miss it.
thefartographer@lemm.ee 1 month ago
And become a pirate!
JJROKCZ@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I don’t pay for prime for the video though, I do it because 10 members of my family like the 2 day shipping lol the video is just icing that we honestly rarely use. Just “The Boys” and “Clarksons Farm” really
PM_ME_YOUR_ZOD_RUNES@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
I canceled Prime as soon as they announced they were adding ads and I let them know that was the reason. Fuck them. We moved to streaming because it wasn’t cable, now these fuck heads are trying to turn streaming into cable. Capitalism is the fucking worst.
kakes@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
I’m busy with work lately, but I’m investing into setting up Jellyfin, and the moment that’s running, I’m canceling as well.
Would cancel sooner, but I’m not the one that actually uses it, so this was the compromise.
7U5K3N@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
Trash guides.
That’ll get you sorted.
The arrs are amazing
kakes@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Yeah, I’ve got a full *arr setup so far - just need to iron out a few kinks before I can consider it “done”. Mainly just dealing with my server computer being incredibly slow with - I assume - transcoding.
BootMeUp@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Ditto, but Plex. I know Plex has its issues, but I need stability and ease of use since I share streaming apps with 4 other households.
rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee 1 month ago
Plex works on my truenas server with no dedicated gpu. Jellyfin didn’t. Simple as.
slurpinderpin@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Jellyfin is the way. I’ve been running my server for 2 years now
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
It isn’t “capitalism” it is that there isn’t a meaningful push back
ElJefe@lemm.ee 1 month ago
Nah. It’s capitalism. Pretty sure.
prole@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Yeah one of these days we’ll crack the code and get it right. In the meantime, how many homeless people are there in the richest country in the history of the world m
JJROKCZ@lemmy.world 1 month ago
It’s capitalism because they’re only doing this to further the never ending pursuit for more capital