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   myrmepropagandist (futurebird@sauropods.win)'s status on Monday, 12-May-2025 01:53:09 JST myrmepropagandist

   A few months back I closed my amazon account, logged out and blocked the website from my searches.

   Shocking how well this has worked. Right up until I needed to order some more Advil. Which I always bought on amazon and very few other online sources sell. When I did the search: just two results on the first page. All the rest were amazon.

   They have a very bad monopoly on certain home-goods. I'm delighted to pay a little more to avoid them.

   You don't really see it until you leave.

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     myrmepropagandist (futurebird@sauropods.win)'s status on Monday, 12-May-2025 01:53:08 JST myrmepropagandist

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     I highly recommend blocking amazon from your searches. Even if you can't go full "zero amazon" for some annoying practical reason. It's really eyeopening how much of the commercial web they can seem to dominate. I also block pinterest. (pinterest makes it so hard to find the source of images, it's like a virus.) I consider excluding both essential.

     Further, if you are going zero amazon it removes the temptation to go back. It just doesn't exist for me. I find another way.

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     Misuse Case (misusecase@twit.social)'s status on Monday, 12-May-2025 05:56:08 JST Misuse Case

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     • Mr. Bill

     @futurebird @bmacDonald94 I stopped buying from Amazon and Target a few months ago. It raises the difficulty level of finding a bunch of stuff. Including my favorite soap which I bought through Amazon.

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     Mr. Bill (bmacdonald94@hostux.social)'s status on Monday, 12-May-2025 05:57:15 JST Mr. Bill

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     • Misuse Case

     @MisuseCase @futurebird ~ I gave up Amazon some months ago too. I have found most of what I need, but curbing those impulses seems to have done the trick.

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     Chris Wiegman (chris@mastodon.chriswiegman.com)'s status on Monday, 12-May-2025 06:09:06 JST Chris Wiegman

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     @futurebird nice. I’ve actually used them more since we moved. Ugh. It’s something I want to work on but my Kindle is such a lock.

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     Anne Delong (anne_delong@musician.social)'s status on Monday, 12-May-2025 07:41:46 JST Anne Delong

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     • Mr. Bill

     @bmacDonald94 @MisuseCase @futurebird

     I don't buy anything on line, or have things delivered unless they are too big to lift (like a refrigerator...) There are about 50 stores within a ten minute walk or 2 minute drive, with almost everything I want (I'm not a fashion person...) A few times I've taken the commuter rail to the city to try out and/or purchase a musical instrument.