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   Adam Conover (adamconover@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 21-Dec-2023 09:39:51 JST Adam Conover

   New video essay up just in time for the holidays: The Awful Truth about Online Shopping

   Watch here: https://youtu.be/EdL85EP7s5M?feature=shared

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     Jordan (Damn Good Tech) 4hire (damngoodtech@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 21-Dec-2023 09:42:28 JST Jordan (Damn Good Tech) 4hire

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     @adamconover Can't wait to watch it! 😆 I realize that most (heck--probably all!) returned stuff is just thrown away but I'm sure it runs deeper than that.

     Online stores are already sharing our shopping habits tied to our home address to advertisers...might as well go full unethical while they're at it. 🤷

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     Alexa Sato (elextra@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 21-Dec-2023 11:19:35 JST Alexa Sato

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     @adamconover My husband and I stopped paying for Amazon Prime and try to purchase from the primary sources of the products if possible. Also not sure why prime is needed when free shipping from Amazon is automatic when your order is $35+.

     My husband was resistant at first but I told him anything that needs to arrive at our house in 2 days, we can always go to a physical store and get it ourselves. We now save $10 a month and support businesses in a more meaningful way.