Maybe it’s time to consider quitting!
  • The author canceled their Amazon Prime subscription on a whim and realized they didn’t really need it.
  • Leaving Prime meant slower shipping but the author was happy to wait and still found the selection and delivery speed satisfactory.
  • Many people love Prime for its fast shipping and convenience, but some readers expressed ambivalence and considered canceling.

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  • Dyskolos@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Here’s a few of mine (not sure if any come from Amazon): Control (this was awesome!)

    Aye, i’d second that list! Yet I usually have them on steam before they ever show on epic. So most of my epic-freebies i have twice in my library now. The tool “play-nite” is great for multi-library-gaming btw. includes gog, amazon, itch, ubi, steam, epic etc.

    I remember the old days of curating my mp3 collection every 6 months, removing dupes and fixing organizational shifting.

    Still do that. For over 25yrs I nourish my library. Just the MP3s made room for FLACs.

    But if I do that stuff for apps, I have to maintain freaking sandbox environments for each app

    Yeah ok, I get that. I’ve got 2 servers running 24/7 with proxmox/hyper-v, so those tools all run in seperate VMs. But especially in this case, it’s practically no maintenance. I’m still wondering why it works so flawlessly :-) As to the viral issue…I must say that i’m in the warez-scene since the early 90s and I never had a virus-problem. Ever. Though the majority is pure media, so no problem at all. And even if there should be a problem, I’ve got daily backups of everything. So I just go back to yesterday :-)

    I’m in an ok place right now. And Amazon is still the cheapest place to buy anything, for me. If I spend over $1000/yr there on everything, a lot more if you count the holidays, then Prime has already justified itself. And slower or not, Amazon with Prime is STILL the fastest Christmas shipper.

    Totally worth it in that case. I spend like 600 bucks for a ton of stuff for wifey this xmas, and even though it took them a day longer than usual they all came on point. And prime paid itself quickly. Rest of the year it’s not that much, so I just surf on the usual trial or just use free shipping or just pay 3,99 if need be.

    Then we had to fight with Ring for 2 weeks because they wouldn’t cancel the order. We got the Cameras the 2nd week of January and my wife was on the phone with them 6 or 7 times before they finally approved a return. Amazon has this thing called “Free Returns” on most items. You can literally write in “I was drunk shopping” for your return reason and nobody bats an eyelash.

    Aye, that’s totally my reason to shop at this fucking monster called amazon. No hassles, no worries, you get your crap the day they tell you, if you have ANY problem, you’re helped in 5 minutes at max. Dunno where you’re from, but we call our country “service-desert”. Some might be cheaper than amazon and it’s often tempting (my GPU was 2000,- elsewhere and 3000 on amazon…and i regret not using amazon), but if anything happens, you’re screwed and everything takes forever. Or they charge you extra fees, usage-fees, “this item isn’t defective and will be returned to you at your cost plus fee” etc. You just never have to worry. One gift we needed to return (glass broken), but as it classified as “food-item”, they told us to keep it and it will be refunded. Now we have 2 glass decanter for free instead of 3 for full-price. You won’t see that elsewhere here. No way. First you gotta prove it wasn’t YOU that broke it at home. I could on for hours…

    • abraxas@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      10 months ago

      I’ve used playnite a few times. I always forget about it for some reason or another. Gog has a built-in tool like playnite and I fail to use that, too.

      Still do that. For over 25yrs I nourish my library. Just the MP3s made room for FLACs.

      I still have it somewhere I’m sure, but I really gave up on it, for the convenience of youtube music of all things. Literally every song I ever had including a couple super-obscure albums I’d lost. And it’s SO convenient. It just works for me everywhere I want it.

      Yeah ok, I get that. I’ve got 2 servers running 24/7 with proxmox/hyper-v, so those tools all run in seperate VMs. But especially in this case, it’s practically no maintenance

      Every time I mean to start setting up servers, some reason (or my wife) talk me out of it. I’m jealous. It’s on my bucket list. I’m the only guy I know who has run server clusters professionally who has never had his own.

      I must say that i’m in the warez-scene since the early 90s and I never had a virus-problem.

      I have had a couple over the years; usually use the “nuke and restart” solution. Only one was REALLY major and I was never sure whether it was software or a dumb family member. My password-protected screenshare app went live one day and started buying Chinese gift cards with a clearly automated script. Thank god someone was in the office when it happened and they only got through a couple hundred dollars before we pulled the plug and called our bank.

      You won’t see that elsewhere here. No way. First you gotta prove it wasn’t YOU that broke it at home. I could on for hours…

      I know resellers hate Amazon returns, but they agree to them. I will literally make buying decisions based on the presence or lack of the “Free Returns” flag. I would literally pay for “return insurance” if AllState started to do that, too. I hate return hassles.

      • Dyskolos@lemmy.zipEnglish
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        10 months ago

        I still have it somewhere I’m sure, but I really gave up on it, for the convenience of youtube music of all things.

        Can’t complain about convenience. I use MediaMonkey since v0.1. It actually replaced my self-made music-archiver because it was simply superior and I couldn’t match it. And for mobile we just sync our favourite playlists and be completely mobile even when there’s no net. It’s the only serious tool for serious collectors :-)

        Every time I mean to start setting up servers, some reason (or my wife) talk me out of it. I’m jealous. It’s on my bucket list. I’m the only guy I know who has run server clusters professionally who has never had his own.

        lol. Sorry :) My wife actually talks me into it while I try to talk myself out of it (i’m a horrible cheap fuck). I actually managed to hook her on the smart-home, as she runs into walls now when the system is down because there is no light. We forgot how to use switches :-) Seriously though: You should. If you have some kind of passion for it, just do it. I don’t need it professionally anymore (long retired) but just love to keep up and tinker. And nothing beats a working self-hosted something.

        I have had a couple over the years; usually use the “nuke and restart” solution.

        Oucchhh. That could’ve gone bad. Ok, granted, with family members working on the same machine/network, danger rises. We have a global firewall and a global ad-/tracker/malware-blocker. Wifey often nags that some sites won’t work, and then it’s manual-fix-time for me, but so she can surf freely without fear. I don’t even have any virus-/malware-scanner-crap installed anymore for decades. I occasionally check manually if something’s hooked somewhere and that’s it. And when I’m really really really suspicious of something, there’s a sandbox. Honestly more “normal” software phone home and do shit i don’t want than warez ever did. Every effing software wants to phone home, install 3 services no-one needs and what not.

        And don’t get me started on the “purchase software and own it” to “rent it for extortionate prices and never have anything”. It so became the standard everywhere. Wait…what were we originally even talking about? :-)

        I know resellers hate Amazon returns, but they agree to them. I will literally make buying decisions based on the presence or lack of the “Free Returns” flag. I would literally pay for “return insurance” if AllState started to do that, too. I hate return hassles.

        Totally. At least we have that mandatory 14-days-return-policy. Everywhere. BUT a merchant might reduce your cashback upon “usage signs”. Which are very subjective unless still sealed. But the reason for the law was to promote online-shopping. So you could check your product at home like you would in a shop. And return it if you don’t like it. But it all takes too long, in the end I only check amazon. Better the devil you know…i hate myself for that.