@FistingEnthusiast@lemmy.world
Post #2347298
2026-04-14 06:33 UTC
Replies (4)
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@mech@feddit.org 2026-04-14 08:29
Cutting Amazon out of my life has improved my life a lot. I now buy books from a local shop lead by a huge sci-fi and manga nerd. She's recommended so many great books I never would have found otherwise. I try to buy as many things as possible locally, but sadly that's often impossible (or wildly worse) now. But when I do buy online, I buy from smaller independent shops specializing on the thing I'm buying.
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@Screen_Shatter@lemmy.world 2026-04-14 13:18
The problem is that there are a lot of smaller businesses that now rely on Amazon as a distributor. I often will go to order something directly from a site only to be redirected to Amazon. I recently ordered something directly from a site and then later was getting messages from amazon services about my package status. It really confused me at first since I avoid them at all costs. Speaking of costs, no one is paying extra for others to be exploited. Most items are cheaper on Amazon, likely as a result of the exploitation. When I try to convince people to switch this is the biggest argument I get back. "But everything is cheaper on amazon!" "But you know why... Right??"
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@Cherry@piefed.social 2026-04-14 09:55
I agree OP calls it a horror but the truth is most people will accept it as long as convenient parcels still arrive. They didn't know the person and don't care. I was an amazon user but cut it out. I was fallible but changed. Ask people if they would give up their parcels...most look at me like I am crazy.
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@urandom@lemmy.world 2026-04-14 12:25
Unfortunately, such actions are unlikely to have a big impact on Amazon. Their cash cow is AWS, not the actual online store.