D&T going away is not likely to affect my 'relationship' with Amazon significantly.
I can still strip Kindle books very easily, like reading on Kindles and with the apps, and using KU and CU a lot. I like watching some stuff on Prime Video.
Audible is sort of dead to me, but mostly because it was way to read while doing something else (long drives/commuting, yard work, falling to fall asleep etc.) and none of that is part of my life now. The app is very cluttered with recommendations, podcasts, and poorly implemented content filters, and I find it unpleasant. I have converted every thing to M4B with OpenAudible so I can use any number of audiobook players, and have really enjoyed audiobooks in the past, but it doesn't seem to fit now.
I'm buying less physical stuff from them, it can be very time consuming to sift through all the search results for anything there, compared to online alternatives. Tyranny of choice certainly applies there.
Local shopping is very limited where I live and I prefer online to 2-3 hour drive to get to a store to get the same thing there. And there are plenty of things not available even with 2-3 hour drive.
Last edited by tomsem; 02-23-2025 at 04:39 PM.
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