• Takeshidude@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Living without amazon prime is easy; living without amazon at all is more challenging with various manufacturers using amazon as their only storefront

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      3 months ago

      ….so find different manufacturers. Why do you need those specific ones? Fuck Amazon, stop giving them money. What do they have to do to lose your business.

    • ReallyZen@lemmy.ml
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      3 months ago

      Then the eff with them. If something isn’t available retail, there’s a million other online retailers more local, more specialized, or just plain out of the manufacturer itself.

      You can live without. Or you help them becoming even more dominant.

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        3 months ago

        We try to, but when you’re living paycheck to paycheck, trying to find solutions to the moving target that is your wife’s fibromyalgia, have a growing, energetic baby boy, sometimes you can’t afford paying twice as much or more for the product that isn’t sold on amazon, assuming such an alternative exists.

        Unfortunately, lots of people can’t afford to shop with a conscience

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          3 months ago

          Absolutely this. Blaming the consumer when the system has been rigged is a bad take