[dickeytk]

I don’t think you understood grandparent. He pointed out the consumers needing products would be driving themselves and not having Amazon do it for them.

[macintux]

Not necessarily. It’s quite possible that Prime drives more demand.

[tracer4201]

I’d like to see data before I accept your “quite possible” response, although more demand isn’t a bad thing.

[macintux]

You don’t think it’s even possible that the ability to have practically any itch immediately scratched makes it more likely people would pull the trigger on impulse purchases?

That’s practically the entire story of the consumer economy over the last 50 years.

And more demand is often a bad thing. More demand for meat is straining our natural resources, e.g.

[notus]

It's been known for years that online shopping encourages impulse shopping.