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More than 200,000 people had canceled their digital subscriptions by midday Monday, according to two people at the paper with knowledge of internal matters. Not all cancellations take effect immediately. Still, the figure represents about 8% of the paper’s paid circulation of 2.5 million subscribers, which includes print as well. The number of cancellations continued to grow Monday afternoon.

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[–] [email protected] 219 points 5 months ago (2 children)

It would hurt this sociopath Bezos a lot more if people also canceled Amazon services en mass

[–] morphballganon 26 points 5 months ago (43 children)
[–] [email protected] 127 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (26 children)

Great argument. How about buy your shit from actual stores, whether online or brick and mortar. Believe it or not, we actually managed to get by for millennia without amazon

[–] [email protected] 71 points 5 months ago (7 children)

A lot of those stores actually closed down because of Amazon.

Many that offer specialized equipment are located in locations that are far or difficult to access and/or have opening hours that are the same as my work hours.

I do my best to buy local and from physical shops, but sometimes nobody had what you're looking for and Amazon can get it to your door in 24 hours.

I hate the company but fuck is it practical. They need a serious competitor but nobody wants to even try with the amount of money Bezos got.

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 5 months ago

I bought some 3D printing filament direct from the manufacturer. It got shipped to me by… Amazon. From an Amazon warehouse. I guess that’s how they do fulfillment. 🤷‍♂️

[–] [email protected] 15 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Huh. In my large city I have difficulty finding things in brick and mortar stores. Want a silicone tray for your air fryer? Walmart's website says they have them, but when you call the stores, they confirm they absolutely do not. Hobby lobby has it for 5x the price. No local stores come up as stocking them period, None other listed locally. I have this issue quite commonly. Maternity clothes sections just don't exist locally with any variety or consistency with sizes. Baby necessities, toys, and clothing is truly hit or miss in stores. You drive to the one store you think will have what you need and they closed two weeks ago.

I don't live in the boonies. If you live in the US, you've heard of my city. I am constantly running into the issue that things are only available online, and then Amazon is always the quickest shipping, and almost always the least expensive.

Fuck bezos and screw Amazon, but unless you're able to wait a week or three for everything you need, you don't have any good substitutes. I'd love to run out and buy it same day, but it's just not reliable to go to the store anymore.

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[–] Thistlewick 57 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Just not using Amazon? Somehow I’ve managed to survive without needing to buy anything off Amazon in over a decade. How badly do you need to buy random shit online that you can just shrug at the human rights violation that is Amazon?

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 5 months ago (2 children)

bhphotovideo has been very good to me

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 5 months ago

Sure,

Just live with things taking like 2-5 days instead of 1-2

[–] [email protected] 13 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Yep, for just about everything you get on Amazon there are alternatives. You just go to the supplier that sells the thing you need instead. Amazon hasn't had real 2 day shipping in a long time. If you really need that "everything store" experience, Ebay, Target and Walmart all have decent online marketplaces but might as well use the smaller stores. What's keeping you on Amazon? It sure as hell isn't its search, and tons of sites offer free, fast shipping. I have to assume it's habit.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I am confused by people’s shopping habits. How often are you buying online and what is it?

Groceries and pharmacy are all local. Clothes are a local boutique (I don’t buy clothes more than one or twice a year and I like to try things on and buy quality items). Shoes are from a local redwing store that I’ve been wearing for over 8 years. Computer parts I do tend to buy online, but I’d never risk buying from Amazon. I typically buy from b&h, cdw, or directly from the manufacturer.

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[–] [email protected] 156 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (11 children)

To anyone unsubscribing: Remember to subscribe somewhere else instead. If not you're just helping Bezos achieve his goal of the death of journalism.

@[email protected] is one good alternative.

As others have said, if you want to hurt Bezos, target Amazon.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 5 months ago (1 children)

This was the straw that finally got my wife to agree to let me cancel prime. I wanted to as soon as add were added to video. Sadly it auto renewed on the 10th of Oct :(

[–] [email protected] 22 points 5 months ago

This exact thing happened to me. I cancelled anyway and they refunded most of the subscription fee. Just do it. Wish i could have told them why I was cancelling.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 months ago

404 media seems nice

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[–] [email protected] 108 points 5 months ago (4 children)

WaPo - "Democracy dies in darkness"

Bezos - "I can deliver darkness to everyone in America in 2 days or less"

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[–] [email protected] 93 points 5 months ago (3 children)

I have a funny feeling Jeff doesn't own the paper for the money.

[–] [email protected] 42 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

I think Elon mismanaged Twitter tremendously but a very clear "this is my toy and I'll break it if i want" message was sent and a very dangerous message it was. Gives me the same vibe. Bezos doesn't need to own it but he does and he'll do what he pleases.

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[–] [email protected] 85 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Something darkly funny to me is all the people who work there whose job it is to grow subscribers seeing their last three years of hard work flushed down the drain on the whims of the owner.

I'd love to sit in on performance reviews for Q4's end.

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[–] [email protected] 78 points 5 months ago (2 children)

People need to cancel Amazon prime instead

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[–] [email protected] 76 points 5 months ago

Finally got around to canceling my Prime membership. I've been relying on Amazon to get all the shit I can't buy in person, but I'll figure out some other way to get those.

[–] [email protected] 67 points 5 months ago (2 children)

The number of cancellations continued to grow Monday afternoon.

200,000 so far

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[–] [email protected] 56 points 5 months ago

Holy shit, that number is huge, in terms of their paid subscribers.

[–] [email protected] 47 points 5 months ago

Three of the top 10 viewed stories on the Post’s website Sunday were articles written by Post staffers outraged by Bezos’ decision. The top one was humor columnist Alexandra Petri’s piece, headlined, “It has fallen to me, the humor columnist, to endorse Harris for president.” 

[–] [email protected] 44 points 5 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 13 points 5 months ago (5 children)

This is the reason. In our fucked up country, Trump, a rapist convicted felon, has a legitimate chance of winning the presidency.

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[–] [email protected] 32 points 5 months ago

AMAZON. FLEE AMAZON!!!

[–] [email protected] 22 points 5 months ago (2 children)

What do you predict Turnout being this year? 2020 was 65.9% of the VEP(Voting Eligable Population). The lowest in the internet era was 2012 at 58%. Average is 2004 and 2016 at 60.1 and 59.3 each, 2008 was the previous high at 61.1

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 5 months ago (9 children)

I'm glad this happens in a world where newspapers endorse candidates, but I also don't get why newspapers are allowed to endorse candidates in the first place. I guess that is the least of our concerns when you look at media bias, but still....

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 5 months ago

Now triple it and do the same to Amazon.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 5 months ago

wow, that is significant.

Good to hear

[–] [email protected] 15 points 5 months ago

Wow. A huge number.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 months ago (1 children)

The question is, can it grow to a point that will put a big enough dent in their profits to matter…

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago

Ten percent in a couple days?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 months ago (2 children)

next start finding alternatives to Amazon

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