Yeah the lack of alternatives is real in many places around the world. A lot of it is just terrifying, dizzying monopolization. I don’t luckily have that issue, but it is undeniable.

Yeah I had a teenaged account as well. It’s gone now. I don’t really need any interaction from the website, just tracking, so TMDb is more than fine for my purposes.

There’s a really nice TMDb compatible Android app called ShowCase, btw.

Preach! For sure, been cutting down as much as possible. It helps that prices are thru the roof and I don’t need a lot.

I’ve always been a major thrifter, almost everything I own is second hand or hand me down, but I also happen to enjoy collecting, which is where the online element sometimes comes in.

Don’t get me wrong, I’ve only ordered from Amazon less than a dozen times, never had Prime, and most of my purchases have always been local.

I honestly love that folks are trying to wean off the toxic teat that is US technocracy. I can jive with it.

Yea I wouldn’t consider eBay to be a viable alternative here.

If you don’t like the discussion, you can skip it :) I think it’s better to vocalize the issue so we can look at it together.

I personally boycotted Amazon for several years around the 2020s before resorting to purchases I felt I needed and couldn’t get elsewhere.

After being burned so many times, I’ve certainly reconsidered my wants and needs overall - if Amazon is the only way, do I need it at all?

If you don’t think that’s anything, I don’t know what to tell ya.

Amazon already knows everything about you from your buying habits, down to menstrual cycles and toilet cleaning. What’s your favourite films on top of it?

(I hate Amazon, finally deleted my decades old IMDb account a while back. Now if only I could rid myself of Amazon… They’ve not fulfilled a single order for me correctly since 2020 so it’s not even the ease that counts any more… One day!)

I deleted my decades old IMDb account recently and migrated here. Meager protest against Amazon, I know, but tmdb is definitely good enough. Don’t miss a thang.

Wow, this is great! I’ve seen a bunch of these before but never in a more concerted effort. Looking forward to it.

The last 5 orders that I’ve made - with intermittent attempts at boycotting the store between them - have all had something wrong with them. Amazon literally can no longer fulfill an order completely up to par: There’s always something that you have to refund, resend back or just gripe about. Minor details, big problems, there’s always something.

They’re an “always something” service. Yes, there are products you can’t get elsewhere. Yes, the price is often cheaper. Yes, they’re easier to use than others. But they simply fail at the simple task of actually fulfilling your order more often than not. I’ve stopped thinking about where to move my purchases to simply starting to reconsider whether I need a particular thing in the first place. It’s pretty much the only way you can get off these services :( That, and being infuriated over and over and over again by the inadequacy of the service.

Freedom is my top feeling too! I was so, SO miserable on Windows. Every task felt like a chore. Haven’t felt that way on Bazzite once, even if some things take an extra step here and there!

I am loving, loving KDE and Bazzite. It feels like such a mature operating system compared to ol’ Windows :D