I pirate what's any good that I cannot find legally for streaming, as well as educational stuff that I want available should I and/or my family find ourselves without internet access.

Sometimes I'll go so far as to pirate things that I cannot find without ads(even with premiums*), but mostly if it'll let me see the first few minutes before playing an ad, I just live with it.

* The only reason I still have Amazon Prime is for the free shipping. I pay extra for no ads. I pay extra for HiDive. There appear to be things available on Prime with HiDive that aren't available on just Prime or just HiDive. Magically, those shows(Ranma 1/2, for example) have ads. WTF?

None of these companies have ethics. Why should you get hung-up in ethics for a victimless crime?

[–] CoffeeJunkie@lemmy.cafe 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Hey, trust me on this one -- if you've got Amazon Prime mainly for the free shipping, consider dropping Prime & lumping your purchases together in orders of $35 or more to get free shipping.

Yes, the shipping is slower. Which is also more environmentally friendly & easier to fulfill, while also free.

You can save cheap knick knacks in a list to fluff up cheap orders. Mine involves Ti keyrings, I'll link later. You can always use more quality keyrings.

[–] MachineFab812@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 5 days ago

Two of my kids are working-age with their own debit cards, and have their amazon accounts linked to mine. My MIL's credit card is attached to my account, so anything she wants to order, she just sends me a link. My wife just straight-up has all my logins when it comes to spending money.

... All that, and paying for it once is easier to explain/deal with versus every order having to be >$35 . It's a pain to get my wife to actually order things she wants/needs as it is.

Basically, I would rather stop dealing with that company entirely, for ethical reasons, than put more thought into my dealings with them with each transaction.