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It’s Surprisingly Easy to Live Without an Amazon Prime Subscription (slate.com)

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[-] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago

Yeah I cancelled my Prime that I had for about 7 years a few months ago and... Its fine. Better maybe cause I don't buy something stupid online I didn't need. I try to find stuff locally first and free shipping makes me able to just buy something if I need to but haven't found anything I NEED to buy from them.

I missed Prime Video but honestly with ads I can also just use Tubi and it's the same jank cheap movie experience without supporting Bezos.

I do think it's funny that I know some people who did the whole prime day this year and complained they bought garbage and that the prces were the same when they had to return the items and buy a new one but also the waste still hurts me

[-] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I’ve been doing it since December

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[-] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

I only really use it for the prime gaming free games :').

[-] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

How does that work? Do they require another launcher or other kind of drm?

[-] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

They have their own launcher. Other times its gog.com, steam or epic.

I got things like both KOTOR games, deathloop, the force unleashed series and a few others.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Sometimes the games are given via their DRM storefront, many of them are codes to Steam, Epic, and Humble

[-] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

You need their launcher to install them, but I believe there is no "DRM" as such.

Once you claim the game, it's yours to keep even if you unsubscribe from Prime.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

I really need to cancel my membership. Most things I really want can be bought on Ebay open-box for cheaper. Any daily essentials I just go to Sam's Club or Aldi.

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