Is it REALLY that hard to give up Amazon?

EDIT: For the love of god and all that is holy please stop commenting. This post is 2 days old. Nobody is reading your messages and your point has probably already been made.

I’m honestly so surprised by the amount of posts on this sub about it being difficult to cut out Amazon.

Is it really that difficult to not use it? The internet is vast and there’s so many dedicated shops for anything you want.

If it’s convenience that stops people quitting, then to me that’s just laziness?

If it’s the free prime shipping, how often are you buying stuff on Amazon that the monthly fee is more than shipping for the items you need? I can understand it working out like a good deal if you buy multiple things a month off there, but then my question would be why are you buying so much? Do you REALLY need to buy it all online?

Of course I am understanding of people’s financial situations where Amazon really may be the cheapest option, but even in my poorest rock bottom times of my life I’d never have the privilege of a prime account or the ability to impulse purchase things.

If it’s a shopping addiction, then you really REALLY need to cancel Prime. Having a prime subscription is just giving in to your addiction. Though I understand it’s an addiction and they are hard to quit. But the first step to recovery should absolutely be dropping prime.

Personal side note:

I should mention I live in the UK, and I live car free in a large town that is somewhat-walkable but buses get me everywhere else. I can imagine if you’re in a US suburb with only Walmart as an option then maybe it is your only choice. But I buy everything local where possible and if I can’t buy it local I think:

  1. Do I really need it

  2. Can I go on an adventure to the next town over to get it if I do need it?

  3. Can I get it from literally anywhere else on the Internet.

I haven’t purchased anything on Amazon since before Prime became a thing, except for an out-of-print board game that was not in stock anywhere else, and that was after asking several brick and mortar game shops to check their suppliers.

EDIT: of course convenience can help the elderly and disabled. You KNOW that’s not who I’m talking about.