Why not both

porque no los dos

Me as of yesterday:

• WaPo
• Prime Video without ads
• Audible
• Kindle Unlimited
• Amazon Cloud Storage
• Sprouts > Whole Foods

We left AWS for Azure two years ago, so that doesn’t count.

Me today:

I am currently studying what it would take to drop Amazon Prime. So far a combination of sites seems to do the trick. I first search Amazon for what I want, then I start searching elsewhere where to buy it from. My guess is that I’ll be able to cancel it by the end of the year.

I spend five figures on Bezos owned products every year. Not anymore.

Don’t forget that Amazon owns Twitch too. Probably best to delete your account there as well!

I never understood the idea of paying for a subscription to the mall because I’m too lazy to drive there and too impatient to wait for a delivery

The problem with this is that they won’t recognize that you’re cancelling in protest of bozos meddling with WaPo, they’ll just think you’re cancelling for some reason related to Amazon. I understand they need the money and this hurts them, but they need to see a direct response to his actions in a way that gets the message across.

I say cancel both.

An obnoxious thing is, Amazon has become such an enormous online presence that even not buying from there ends up buying from there sometimes. I ended up getting something off eBay, and the seller apparently had an Amazon presence that actually shipped it, which confused the hell out of me when I got the tracking notice.

This is the way. But no one will do it.

It’s like that SNL skit on fast fashion/Temu. They list out all the reasons not to buy Temu and everyone quietly with heads down says they’ll still keep buying.

It really doesn’t take longer to get your crap either, not being subbed

Well, if you insist, then I’ll sign up for a WaPo subscription, and AMZN prime. And then cancel them both.

I do use AMZN on occasion to check prices. But gah! no! I don’t buy stuff there.