More than 200,000 people had canceled their digital subscriptions by midday Monday, according to two people at the paper with knowledge of internal matters. Not all cancellations take effect immediately. Still, the figure represents about 8% of the paper’s paid circulation of 2.5 million subscribers, which includes print as well. The number of cancellations continued to grow Monday afternoon.

  • Cyborganism
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    7124 days ago

    A lot of those stores actually closed down because of Amazon.

    Many that offer specialized equipment are located in locations that are far or difficult to access and/or have opening hours that are the same as my work hours.

    I do my best to buy local and from physical shops, but sometimes nobody had what you’re looking for and Amazon can get it to your door in 24 hours.

    I hate the company but fuck is it practical. They need a serious competitor but nobody wants to even try with the amount of money Bezos got.

    • @[email protected]
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      1024 days ago

      Use Amazon, only when you have no other option.

      Not “no other option with 1 day shipping”

      Not “no other option that delivers to my door”

      Not “no other option that doesn’t cost $10 more”

    • @[email protected]
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      524 days ago

      also the amazon truck drives by my house every day anyway. it’s far more efficient for them to drop off another package on their route than me making a special trip to a physical store.

      • Cyborganism
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        3024 days ago

        But I mean we all get why this is wrong. It’s becoming a major monopoly. And that’s not good.