Amazon Prime is a remarkable success but also dystopian. It has made convenience and speed the norm, habituating consumers to buy more products. Prime’s flywheel effect - where more customers lead to more data and scale which attracts more customers - has fueled Amazon’s dominance. Prime subscribers spend twice as much and Amazon’s value has multiplied 97 times since 2005. While canceling Prime may not hurt Amazon, it can benefit local businesses by gaining a new customer. However, Prime has rewired how people think about what is possible to obtain and how fast, making a Prime-free life unimaginable for many.
I think what your argument is boiling down to here is “there is no ethical consumption under capitalism”?
Whilst this is a mindset I tend to agree with myself, I don’t think it’s a good excuse to not try and improve our consumption practices.
Edit: To add clarity to my original post, all I am trying to do is point out how the convenience of next day delivery forces Amazon workers to experience punishing productivity expectations. And all I ask is for people to reconsider if the convenience of next day delivery is really worth this.
Yes, I also participate in society. But this does not change the fact that next day delivery with Amazon is unethical and I do not think pretending we do not see it because “everything we do is unethical” will help us progress forward as a society and actually make things better.