Jan 22, 2025
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I quit at the start of 2025 and I'm loving it so far. i know it wont all be easy but going to the store, especially a small business, instead of clicking a button on my phone is just so much more satisfying for me and has the added bonus of being a lot more ethical. definitely the move
plantperalta you’re almost through your first month! I’m wildly proud of you.
Jan 28, 2025
Thanks to you I will now be saving lots of money. My goal recently has been to be more mindful of the things I consume. i live in nyc so everything is everywhere. I don’t need amazon to buy products I could simply go walk and buy.
Jan 23, 2025
a lot of us are on the same wavelengths; i just deleted my amazon account last night and will be wasting my money in different places 😂
Jan 22, 2025
chiawase_ i can’t quite put my finger on it, but there’s something that feels distinctly anticapitalist about this app. Like we’re finding likeminded people who also want to break out of the mindless spending/scrolling/void-filling. It feels so good! Let’s keep finding what else we have in common :)
Jan 22, 2025
Ended prime a couple years ago and haven't missed it one bit. So much better to get out of your house or buy things directly from local stores.
Jan 22, 2025
Shadowbeni it IS so much better. I ordered yarn and knitting needles from a small shop in my city and went by to pick them up. had a face-to-face encounter with the small business, felt good the whole time. Also, cutting out that instant gratification part gives me a second to decide, “is this item a need or a want?” Proud of you for being Amazon free for a few years! Hoping more join our little club.
Jan 22, 2025
Big respect and echo this. I have ordered about 5-10 things from amazon every year for the better part of a decade because I keep forgetting to cancel my prime membership. Finally remembered to cancel on time this year and am looking forward to an amazon-free future. That and not living right next to a whole foods has been incredible. Plus from a purely economic standpoint, the “free shipping” is built into the price and you really do pay for the “convenience” of amazon, climate town on youtube has a great video on this. Also amazon union-busting website alone is enough to turn your stomach and radicalize you. Good work and I’m sure you are saving money and the environment with this change 💕
Jan 22, 2025
worldonfire reflecting right back atcha, great job canceling that prime membership! their union-busting is just one piece of the very bad puzzle! thanks for the video rec, too. I’ll have to check it out!
Jan 22, 2025
i wanted to stop using amazon this year and buy from small businesses or try to find things locally! i used to buy sooo much off amazon, but im finally breaking my habit. realizing my overconsumption was getting out of hand helped a lot too.
i even stopped using my kindle and started buying second hand books, and it’s honestly been so liberating. even stopped going to whole foods! now i just need to get rid of my firestick…. didn’t realize how much amazon had a grasp on my life
Jan 22, 2025
xxmichixx 🏆💐🎉 i am so proud of you!! you’re really doing the thing. It’s hard right? But also, a weirdly gratifying challenge. I still use my Kindle (bought it off of eBay) and periodically dip into Whole Foods (working on not doing this anymore). so cool that you’re returning to books 📚
Jan 22, 2025
salad_valet it feels very liberating for sure (: its definitely hard to get rid of completely since our entire lives have basically been shaped by these huge corps, but any change is still change!
This sounds like such a heavy lift…
But that alone is an indicator of an unhealthy relationship.
Maybe those things we are unable to quit have mastery over us? I don’t like that.
mattshawsome it felt weird and scary to try in 2018 in part because it forced me to begin reckoning with my relationship to money, convenience, and stuff. We have bargaining and buying power as consumers, even if I’m one person, perhaps one person can make a tiny difference, or influence another person to make a difference, and on and on. Much to ponder, right?
Jan 22, 2025
It’s funny to see this because I kid you not less than an hour ago I was telling my roommates I’m trying to move away from Amazon and start shopping more locally and sustainably!
Jan 22, 2025
genevieve you can do it! if i could log off and delete my prime account, you can too. It’s really a habit and perspective shift, try it for a month. See how it goes.
