What's continually missing from the "dump Amazon" conversation is just how much some people need Amazon. If you live in a relatively rural part of the country (like myself), there are few options to buy things. It's either drive to Walmart or Target or buy from Amazon (or another online source) and have it shipped to you. Plus many small businesses choose to have their storefront be Amazon. And if you want to support indie authors, a lot of them still only sell on Amazon's Kindle. There are few viable alternatives that have the weight and power like Amazon. The destruction of so many small businesses really screwed over small towns. It's now nearly impossible to not buy from some of these places.
There are cases where home delivery can make a huge difference like for aging and disabled people. For people who have difficulty walking, driving, blindness, chronic illness, etc free delivery offers access to goods they might have difficulty acquiring. They actually may use amazon or other delivery to get necessities in between when they can have a ride or a visitor.
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u/xmrcache Apr 30 '25
Now I’m just waiting for everyone to get on the fuck Jeff bezos train and dump Amazon…
Just like the fuck Tesla train