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by yieldcrv 973 days ago
I just cancelled Amazon Prime completely.

Just found out you dont even need it for Amazon Video anymore, and most of the good stuff you had to pay for there anyway.

For deliveries it was always barely worth it for me with prime same/one/two day free shipping being novel 10 years ago, but always hard to quantify how much I used it and the speed has gotten worse and worse, with Amazon Video being the extra thing to keep it just interesting enough.

For the low volume I order I’m often on a retailer’s website. Same day delivery is just gone in my area, and actually Uber and Doordash will just go straight to retail stores for you and its actually 20 minute delivery. They have subscriptions too that reduce some fees.

And if I’m not saving money while using something more convenient, then Amazon Prime time to go! Thanks for the last decade, obsolete this decade.

1 comments

I don't need it for Amazon Video? Are you sure? Then what am I paying for? I certainly don't intend to ever buy anything from Amazon, they just have a handful of really good shows.

I'll try cancelling it and see what happens.

Just a warning for what it’s worth: I have heard of some heinous dark patterns with cancelling Amazon Prime. (This thread is reminding me to do that myself.) I would be skeptical of any “Success!” messages until I’ve crossed several layers of “are you really super duper sure with a cherry on top?”-hell. And even then... probably wanna double-check.